Sam Francis Lithographs
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Paper, Lithograph
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Paper
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Rice Paper, Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1920s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Offset
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Lithograph
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
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Sam Francis was an American artist known for his exuberantly colorful, large-scale abstract paintings. His practice incorporated elements from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Impressionism and Eastern philosophy to create a unique style of painterly abstraction.
Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Clyfford Still, Francis is more closely associated to the work of Helen Frankenthaler, as he was more interested in the formal arrangement of the picture plane than the expressivity of the individual artist. “Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment,” Francis once reflected.
Born on June 25, 1923 in San Mateo, California, Francis briefly served in the US Air Force during World War II but was injured during a test flight. Returning to California, he received his BA and MA from UC Berkeley in botany and psychology before beginning to pursue a career in art. The artist traveled widely during his career, and he was closely aligned with the Art Informel movement while living abroad in Paris during the 1950s.
Francis died on November 4, 1994 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 71. He was a founding trustee of Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art, and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, among others.
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Explore a vast range of abstract prints on 1stDibs to find a piece to enhance your existing collection or transform a space.
Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.
During the 19th century, iconic artists, including Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Georgiana Houghton and others, began exploring works based on shapes and colors. This was a departure from the academic conventions of European painting and would influence the rise of 20th-century abstraction and its pioneers, like Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
Some leaders of European abstraction, including Franz Kline, were influenced by the gestural shapes of East Asian calligraphy. Calligraphy interprets poetry, songs, symbols or other means of storytelling into art, from works on paper in Japan to elements of Islamic architecture.
Bold, daring and expressive, abstract art is constantly evolving and dazzling viewers. And entire genres have blossomed from it, such as Color Field painting and Minimalism.
The collection of abstract art prints on 1stDibs includes etchings, lithographs, screen-prints and other works, and you can find prints by artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and more.