Category:Sam Francis

**Sam Francis**
	American artist (1923-1994)
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Date of birth	25 June 1923; San Mateo
Date of death	4 November 1994; Santa Monica
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	prostate cancer;
Pseudonym	Francis, Samuel Lewis‏;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Nishimachi International School; San Mateo High School;
Occupation	painter; sculptor; graphic artist; illustrator; lithographer;
Member of	American Academy of Arts and Letters;
Field of work	art of painting;
Movement	abstract expressionism;
Spouse	Teruko Yokoi (1959 – unknown value); Mako Idemitsu (unknown value – unknown value);
Work location	Paris (1950–1955);
Notable work	Untitled (Black Clouds);
Award received	Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎;
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	Q526470; ISNI: 000000010774852X; VIAF ID: 100187348; GND ID: 118639080; Library of Congress authority ID: n50025383; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119033906; IdRef ID: 027593010; NDL Authority ID: 00466682; Libraries Australia ID: 35098999; NL CR AUT ID: jn20040310008; SELIBR ID: 187304; National Library of Spain ID: XX1240962; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069885222; NORAF ID: 1054982; NUKAT ID: n02001744; Libris-URI: xv8bbdkg5fczd5b; J9U ID: 987007279435605171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA07188296; Open Library ID: OL186952A; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500115537; RKDartists ID: 28965; Europeana entity: agent/base/62825; KulturNav-ID: 30258e99-95b8-469d-bd6d-07701863354b
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