Explore the Era

Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.

From the Archive

Sam Francis in his studio on West Channel Road in Santa Monica, California, 1968. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Image courtesy of the Sam Francis Foundation, California

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Historic Map Locations

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Styles & Materials

• Painting

Time Periods & Venues

• 1960s

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  Video: Excerpt from the film The Painter Sam Francis, produced and directed by Jeffrey Perkins. ©2008 Body and Soul Productions, All Rights Reserved

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  Sam Francis working in his studio in Santa Monica, California, 1971. Image courtesy of Malcolm Lubliner and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica. © Malcolm Lubliner