Biographical Information
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1923
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Born in San Mateo, California
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1994
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Died in Santa Monica, California
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Education
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1949
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B.A., University of California at Berkley
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1950
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M.A., University of California at Berkley
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Selected Exhibitions
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2009
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968;" Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
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2008
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“Choices;” Galerie Willy Schoots; Eindhoven, Netherlands
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“Action Painting;” Foundation Beyeler; Riehen, Switzerland
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"Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968;" Moderna Museet; Stockholm, Sweden
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2007
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University Art Museum, Long Beach, California
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2005
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Art Forum Ute Barth; Zurich, Switzerland
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Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO); Monterrey, Mexico
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2004
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Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie; Bielefeld, Germany
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Galerie Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Baukunst Galerie; Cologne, Germany
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2003
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Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo, Japan
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Iwaki City Art; Fukushima, Japan
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Oita Art Museum, Japan
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2002–03
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Galerie Iris Wazzau; Davos, Switzerland
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2002
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Galerie Andreas Baumgarti; Munich, Germany
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Lovers Fine Arts; Gstaad, Switzerland
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Museum of Modern Art; Toyama, Japan
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Kawamura Memorial Museum; Chiba, Japan
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Museum of Art; Eime, Japan
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University of Michigan Museum of Art; Ann Arbor, Michigan
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2001
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Alan Cristea Gallery; London, England in association with Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art
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1999–2001
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The Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, California
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2000
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Lawrence Rubin, Greenberg, Van Doren Fine Art; New York
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Galerie Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Richard Gray Gallery, New York and Chicago, Illinois
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Idemitsu Museum of Arts; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
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1999
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The Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, California
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1998
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Dorothy Blau Gallery; Bal Harbour, Florida
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Thomas Segal Gallery; Baltimore, Maryland
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ACA Galerie; Münich, Germany
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Gallery Guy Pieters, Knokke, Belguim
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Bobbie Greenfield Gallery; Los Angeles, California
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Gallery Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano; Rome, Italy
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1997
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Frederick M. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University of Malibu, California
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York
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Manny Silverman Gallery; Los Angeles, California
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Museo d’Arte; Mendrisio, Switzerland
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Richard Gray Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
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Gallery Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Galerie Pascal Retelet; Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
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1996
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Smith-Andersen Gallery; Palo Alto, California
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Sogetsu Art Museum; Tokyo, Japan
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Galerie Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
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Gallery Guy Pieters; Knokke, Belgium
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Galerie Michael Haas; Berlin, Germany
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Galerie Proarta; Zürich, Switzerland
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1995
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“The Last Paintings of Sam Francis,” The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York
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Manny Silverman Gallery; Los Angeles, California
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Grunwald/UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
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1994
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Long Fine Arts, New York
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Galerie Delaive; Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Bobbie Greenfield Gallery; Los Angeles, California
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Galerie Jean Fournier; Paris, France
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Galerie Proarta; Zurich, Switzerland
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Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
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Nantenshi Gallery; Tokyo, Japan
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Richard Gray Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
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1993
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Retrospective exhibition at Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Bonn, Germany
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1952
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Galerie du Dragon; Paris, France
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Awards & Recognition
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1968
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Honorary Ph.D. from University of California at Berkley
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1981
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Appointed Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by the French Ministry of Culture
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1994
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Honored with Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, which also created the Sam Francis Scholarship
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