Sam Francis
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 29 years ago |
Date of birth | June 25,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | San Mateo |
California | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 4,1994 |
Died | Santa Monica |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Muriel Goodwin |
Vera Miller | |
Teruko Yokoi | |
Children | Kayo Francis Malik |
Parents | Samuel Augustus Francis, Sr |
Katherine Lewis Francis | |
Address | Spiegelgracht 23, 1017 JP Amsterdam |
Provinces | North Holland |
Phone | 020 625 9087 |
Job | Painter |
Visual Artist | |
Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
University of California, Berkeley | |
Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Works | Around the Blues |
Shining Back | |
Basel Mural I | |
Damn Braces | |
Movies/Shows | The Painter Sam Francis |
Periods | Abstract expressionism |
Modern art | |
Post-painterly abstraction | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 450172 |
Aphorisms
Sam Francis, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 13 - May 11, 1980
Saturated Blue
The Prints of Sam Francis,1960-1994: A Catalogue Raisonne
Sam Francis: The Last Works
Sam Francis: Special Proofs, 1963-1989
Sam Francis: From the Idemitsu Collection
Shots Fired Sam Francis On Americas Culture War
Sam Francis, 1964-1979: 21 October-4 December 1993
Sam Francis: Works on Paper, a Survey, 1948-1979
Sam Francis: Paintings, 1947-1972
Sam Francis: The Shadow of Colors
Sam Francis Prints, 1991-1994: Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonne
Abstract worlds : [published on the occasion of the exhibition Abstract Worlds - Sam Francis/ Christian Awe, May - June 2009]
Sam Francis Life story
Samuel Lewis Francis was an American painter and printmaker.
Alistair Darling: Steady hand in an economic crisis
...By Sam Francis & Faisal Islam, BBC Economics editorBBC NewsAs a radical student, Alistair Darling hoped to reshape the world...
Government to close 50 migrant hotels
...By Nick Eardley, Political Correspondent & Sam Francis, Political ReporterBBC NewsThe government is set to confirm plans to end the use of 50 hotels to house migrants by January...
Keir Starmer glitter protester Yaz Ashmawi apologises
...By Sam Francis & David CornockPolitical reportersThe protestor who poured glitter on Sir Keir Starmer as he spoke at the Labour conference has apologised for touching the party leader...
Labour conference votes to nationalise energy
...By Sam Francis & Iain WatsonBBC Politics, in LiverpoolLabour s leadership has lost a showdown over the party s approach to nationalising critical infrastructure...
Green Party plans to double membership fees amid legal woes
...By Sam Francis, political reporter & Helen Catt, political correspondentBBC NewsA bitter legal battle could blow a hole in the Green Party of England Wales s general election campaign funds...
Lib Dems drop pledge to raise income tax by 1p
...By Sam Francis & Helen CattBBC PoliticsThe Liberal Democrats have dropped plans to put a penny on income tax to invest in the NHS and social care...
Migrant hotel costs rise to £8m a day, Home Office figures show
...By Sam Francis & Nick Eardley, political correspondentBBC PoliticsThe cost of housing migrants in hotels has risen to £8m a day, according to new figures from the Home Office...
Keir Starmer denies targeting Labour left-wingers after Abbott suspended
...By Sam Francis & David Wallace LockhartBBC PoliticsSir Keir Starmer has denied he is targeting left-wing Labour MPs after Diane Abbott was suspended following comments about racism...
Alistair Darling: Steady hand in an economic crisis
By Sam Francis & Faisal Islam , BBC Economics editorBBC News
As a radical student, Alistair Darling hoped to reshape The World .
As chancellor, he found himself at the centre of global crisis steering the UK's troubled banks back from The Brink during the 2008 financial crash.
He served at The Heart of New Labour, with 13 years in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown 's cabinets.
He once said he hoped to be remembered as " The Minister who began to eradicate poverty" but he will go down in history for the actions he took as chancellor in 2008.
His were the steady pair of hands who shepherded The British economy through the near collapse of half its banking system. He was best known for having to nationalise Northern Rock at first, And Then effectively the bulk of British banking amid runs on banks by The Public and financial markets.
He began his memoir of his period at Number 11 with the phrase " I don't believe in panicking until it's absolutely necessary".
It was a doctrine that was sorely tested as faced financial chaos unseen in Britain for decades.
Born in London, Alistair Darling attended the fee-paying Loretto School near Edinburgh. He did his legal training in The City before representing it in local government and ultimately in Parliament.
While Mr Darling had the air of a mild-mannered, non-confrontational Scottish lawyer, his political origins were actually somewhat more lively.
As a student activist in Aberdeen, he was associated with far-left policies and reportedly distributed " Marxist" leaflets at railway stations.
But after being elected as an MP in 1987, he left left-wing roots behind and his image was transformed from firebrand to moderate. Mr Darling became closely linked with efforts to modernise Labour.
In opposition, he served on The Front bench in several roles, including as Home Affairs spokesman.
Ahead of the 1997 election, he also toured the boardrooms of the Big City firms, to reassure them of New Labour's intentions.
Following The Party 's landslide election win, Mr Darling served as chief Secretary to the Treasury, putting in place wide-ranging reforms to financial regulation.
He then replaced Harriet Harman as Social Security Secretary - later re-named work and pensions Secretary - delivering Labour's welfare reforms and Taking Responsibility for spending a third of the government's budget.
Mr Darling said he would like to be remembered as " The Minister who began to eradicate poverty" but he was targeted by pensioners outraged when their pensions were raised by only 75p.
The episode led to a rebellion at Labour's conference in 2000, opposition coming from Labour giant Barbara Castle .
Mr Darling, said to have a knack for mastering complex briefs in record time, was parachuted Into Another " trouble" job in 2002, when Stephen Byers resigned as transport Secretary amid The Collapse of Railtrack.
When his long-time political ally, Gordon Brown , moved to 10 Downing Street in June 2007, Mr Darling, The Quiet man of The Cabinet , replaced him as chancellor.
Many thought he would be a " yes" man, cowering in The Shadow of his powerful boss.
But he staked out his independence when, in the summer of 2008 - and not long before The Collapse of Lehman Brothers - he warned of the worst financial crisis in 60 years.
This resulted in a backlash from those close to Gordon Brown , with Mr Darling later remarking that the " forces of hell" had been unleashed on him.
And he fell out with his neighbour and boss over the need for spending cuts after the significant increase in government borrowing during the financial crisis.
That disagreement, Lord Darling believes, was what led to Labour's 2010 general election defeat.
During The Brief interregnum after the 2010 election, on A Journey to Brussels, he privately acknowledged The Game was up, and expressed little surprise at the Liberal Democrats handling David Cameron a stable five year majority.
After Labour lost power, Alistair Darling returned to the backbenches. But he took a central role in the Better Together campaign, which campaigned for a " No" vote in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence.
He made a significant contribution although he reluctantly took on The Role , and felt bruised by the schisms in Scottish society during a brutal campaign. But he joined back up with Gordon Brown , and ultimately played a vital role in keeping The Union together.
He was created Lord Darling of Roulanish, in 2015 but retired from The House of Lords in 2020. He was married to Margaret, and had Two Children , Calum and Anna.
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