Galaxies of color. Organic, graphic and cellular forms. Image-defining, contemplative white space. Pasadena Museum of California Art is celebrating the work of pre-eminent 20th century abstract artist ...

Here lies the pulsing heart of the new addition to the now-sprawling interiors of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The exhibit "Sam Francis: Master Printmaker," running through March 20, 2016, is located ...

Any SoCal art fancier should be familiar with the work of Sam Francis. The West Coast native’s floating paint modules charmed France in the early 1950s; he was the first Abstract Expressionist working ...

The American artist Sam Francis, who infused lyricism into Abstract Expressionism, was once called “the hottest American painter in Paris” in a 1956 Time Magazine article. Today is the birthday of the ...

Sam Francis holding self-portrait in Tokyo studio (1974), photographer unknown (all images courtesy University of California Press) Sam Francis lived a life that was made for biography. Born in 1923 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired its first oil painting by the Abstract-Expressionist Sam Francis, thanks to a gift Sam Francis posing with his painting ‘Blue Balls V’ in his Santa Monica ...

The exhibition celebrates California native Sam Francis (1923–1994), one of the state’s most historically significant artists. Featuring a range of the artist’s paintings and works on paper, as ...