| 1923 | Born in San Mateo/California, USA |
| 1941-43 | studies botany, philosophy and medicine at the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1943-47 | Soldier in the US Army Air Corps; after severe injury, began painting |
| 1948-50 | Studies painting and art history at the University of California, Berkeley; influenced by Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Mark Tobey et al. |
| 1950-52 | Paris; close friendship with Jean-Paul Riopelle; stays in the south of France; travels to Italy |
| 1953/54 | under the impression of Monet's water lily paintings, the light of Southern France and the experience of Byzantine art, stylistic change in the color palette |
| 1956 | first solo exhibition in the USA |
| 1957 | New York; lasting memorable trip to Japan |
| 1959 | Participates in documenta II in Kassel; rents a studio in New York |
| 1960 | Returns to Paris; commutes back and forth between the cities of Paris, Bern and Tokyo; blue becomes his preferred color |
| 1961 | falls ill again with tuberculosis |
| 1962 | Santa Monica, California, becomes main residence and studio location; studios in Paris, Bern, Tokyo and New York |
| 1963 | Begins extensive lithographic work |
| 1964 | Participates in documenta III in Kassel |
| 1973/74 | lives and paints mainly in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1994 | died in Santa Monica |
ARTISTS
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Art after 1945
Sam Francis
Available works
A red star, 1987
Untitled, 1973/92
Untitled, 1981/92
Untitled, 1984/92
Untitled, 1992
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