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Feb. 20, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
Newly opened at LACMA, ‘Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing’ means to show the profound impact that Japanese art, traditional and contemporary, had on the development of Francis’ abstract sensibility as a painter.
April 13, 2023
‘Sam Francis: Five Decades of Abstract Expressionism from California Collections’ at the Pasadena Museum of California Art impresses.
Aug. 13, 2013
Review: A fine introduction to Sam Francis’ Abstract Expressionism
Art: He left thousands of his own works, offices, homes, cars and Arabian horses. Sorting through his estate, while protecting his legacy, is a huge chore.
Nov. 19, 1996
The soul and inspiration of the artist has been an enigmatic issue throughout mankind’s existence.
June 11, 1995
Books
In order to write ‘The Path to Paradise,’ on Francis Ford Coppola’s failed utopia, author Sam Wasson had to sell the director on ‘success with an asterisk.’
Nov. 28, 2023
Nov. 2, 2011
Writings from late artist’s ‘Notebooks’ offer a glimpse at the philosophy of L.A.’s great Abstract Expressionist.
Aug. 18, 1996
Sam Francis Foundation sues nine galleries for artists’ royalties