Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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Museums page for Sam Lewis Francis ((1923 - 1994)), known for Splatter-stain imagery painting, graphics. Showing 62 museum collections and exhibitions.
Sam Lewis Francis MUSEUMS
1923 San Mateo, California - 1994 Santa Monica, California. Known for: Splatter-stain imagery painting, graphics.
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was much influenced by Clyfford Styll and Mark Rothko. Unlike the creations of many of the Abstract... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was much influenced by Clyfford Styll and Mark Rothko. Unlike the creations of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figurative* painters, his work was light and airy and increasingly decorative. Seeking his own approach to abstraction*, he spent much of his career out of the United... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was much influenced by Clyfford Styll and Mark Rothko. Unlike the creations of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figurative* painters, his work was light and airy and increasingly decorative. Seeking his own approach to abstraction*, he spent much of his career out of the United States, especially in France. Of his painting, Sam Francis said that he wanted to make "something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable". (Herskovic 130). Sam Francis was born in San Mateo, California, and attended the... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist* painter known for his brilliant coloration and splotch-like shapes, Sam Francis became one of the big-name modernist artists of the second half of the 20th century. He was much influenced by Clyfford Styll and Mark Rothko. Unlike the creations of many of the Abstract Expressionists and the Bay Area Figurative* painters, his work was light and airy and increasingly decorative. Seeking his own approach to abstraction*, he spent much of his career out of the United States, especially in France. Of his painting, Sam Francis said that he wanted to make "something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable". (Herskovic 130). Sam Francis was born in San Mateo, California, and attended the University of California at Berkeley from 1941 to 1943. He studied psychology and pre-med and then wen... Read full biography
Sam Lewis Francis - Artist Info
About Sam Lewis Francis: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (62)
All MuseumsArtists Rights Society
65 Bleecker St, 12th Floor
New York City, NY 10012Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
Lomita Drive/Museum Way
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
480 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3886Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Everson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California
823 Exposition Boulevard
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292Fleming Museum, University of Vermont
University of Vermont
61 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Hunter Museum of American Art
10 Bluff View
Chattanooga, TN 37403Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146Memorial Art Gallery
University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1415Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Sam Fox Arts Center/Washington University
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1214
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107Munson
310 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13502Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Stockholm, SwedenMuseum of the 20th Century
Vienna, AustriaNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, AustraliaNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Museum of Western Art
Tokyo, JapanNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Mail To 4630 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4630Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill, NY 11968Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Dorsoduro, 704
Venice, ItalyPhoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Reynolda House-Museum of American Art
Museum of American Art
Po Box 11765
Winston-Salem, NC 27116Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
415 South Street
P.O. Box 9110-Mail Stop 069
Waltham, MA 02454-9110Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Scotland Natl. Gallery of Mod Art
The Mound
Edinburgh, United KingdomSheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601Tate Britain
Millbank
London, United KingdomThe Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090The Speed Art Museum
2035 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY 40208UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM & PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Saint Joseph Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791Wallrof Richartz Museum
Koln, GermanyWeisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271