| Biography |
| 1923 |
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Born June 25th in San Mateo,
California, USA. |
| 1950 |
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MA University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
| 1946–50 |
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Begins painting in San Francisco,
USA. |
| 1950–58 |
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Lives and works in Paris, France
with travels to Mexico, Japan, and Europe. |
| 1959 |
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Lives in New York City and works
on the Chase Manhattan Bank mural. |
| 1959–61 |
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Lives in Bern, Switzerland. |
| 1961 |
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Moves to Santa Monica, California,
which becomes his permanent home. |
| 1968 |
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Honorary PhD from the University
of California, Berkeley, USA. |
| 1969-71 |
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Paints and installs the commissioned
mural for the Nationalgalerie, West Berlin, Germany. |
| 1970 |
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Establishes the Litho shop in
Santa Monica to print and publish his own lithographs. |
| 1973-74 |
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Lives primarily in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1975-77 |
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Begins collaboration with Garner
Tullis on monotypes. |
| 1980 |
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Becomes part of the Board of
Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1983 |
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Completes the San Francisco
Airport Mural. |
| 1984 |
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Establishes Lapis Press to publish
artists’ books. |
| 1985 |
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Completes mural for the San
Francisco Museum of Art. |
| 1993 |
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Major donation of ten paintings
to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles,
USA. |
| 1994 |
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Dies November 4th in Santa
Monica, USA. |
Selected exhibitions
| 1952–58 |
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Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris,
France.
Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France.
Galerie Rive Droite, Paris. France.
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, USA.
Gimpel Fils, London, England.
Kornfield and Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland. |
| 1956 |
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'12 Americans',
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. |
| 1959 |
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Pasadena Art Museum, California,
travelling to San Francisco Museum of Art and Seattle Art
Museum, Washington, USA. |
| 1959–61 |
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Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, travelling
to Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 1961–64 |
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Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland.
Documenta III, Kassel, Germany. |
| 1967 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Texas, major retrospective exhibition, travelling to University
Art Museum, Berkeley and San Francisco Museum of Art, USA. |
| 1968 |
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Centre National d’Art
Contemporian, Paris, France.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland. |
| 1969–71 |
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Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, California, USA. |
| 1972 |
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Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo,
New York, retrospective exhibition that travels to Corcoran
Gallery, Washington; Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; Oakland Museum
of Art, California, USA. |
| 1974 |
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Idemitsu Art Museum, Tokyo,
Japan. |
| 1975-77 |
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Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris,
France.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Switzerland. |
| 1979 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art,
retrospective exhibition of works on paper, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, Manila, Korea, and Japan.
‘Art in Progress’, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. |
| 1980 |
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‘Monotypes’, Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA.
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1982 |
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Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1983 |
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André Emmerich Gallery,
New York, USA.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Travelling survey of works on paper through the Art Museum Association
of America. |
| 1987-89 |
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Knoedler Gallery, London, England.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, USA.
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England. |
| 1991 |
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Forty year retrospective at
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland.
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA. |
| 1993 |
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Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle
der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, retrospective exhibition
curated by Pontus Hulten, Bonn, Germany. |
| 1995 |
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‘The Last Paintings of
Sam Francis’, County Museum of
Art, Los Angeles, USA. |
| 1996-7 |
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Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly
Hills, USA.
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA. |
| 1998 |
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ACA Gallery, Munich, Germany. |
| 1999-2001 |
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'Sam Francis: Paintings 1947-1990',
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles curated by William
C. Agee. Major retrospective exhibition travelling to the
Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; Konsthall Malmö,
Malmö, Sweden; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Galleria Communale d’Arte Moderna
e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy. |
| 2002-03 |
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Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, major
Sam Francis exhibition from their collection that travels
to six museums in Japan through 2003. |
| 2003 |
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'Sam Francis', Robert Sandelson,
London, England. |
| 2003-4 |
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Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 2005 |
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Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles,
California, USA.
'Sam Francis', Robert Sandelson, London, England. |
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