SAM FRANCIS The Whiteness of the Whale, 1995

Samuel Lewis Francis was an American painter and printmaker. After serving for the United States Air force during World War II, Francis was injured and in the hospital for several years. As the end of the war approached, he met artist, David Park and began to paint. Francis was influenced by abstract expressionists; although later on he became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists who were increasingly interested in his use of color.