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The Painter Sam Francis

2008 • 1h25m Documentary

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Forty years in the making, 'The Painter Sam Francis' is artist Jeffrey Perkins' intimate portrait of abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. The film retraces Francis' life and career from his childhood in California to his artistic maturation in post-war Paris, his time spent in Japan, and his prominence in the United States. It reveals a man in constant struggle with physical maladies and his own demons, but for whom creativity was a powerful life-sustaining force.

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Director

Jeffrey Perkins

Cast

Sam Francis

Release date

1/1/2008

Status

Released

Origin country

US