Editing Sam Francis (section)

==International reputation==

Because he worked and exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia, Sam Francis is credited with helping secure international recognition for postwar American painting. His work has been seen most often and best understood in Europe and Japan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burchett-Lere|first=Debra|title=Sam Francis: Catalogue Raisonné of Canvas and Panel Paintings, 1946–1994.|year=2011|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-26430-4|pages=2–3}}</ref> In 1991, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Design]] as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Academicians|url=http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=F|access-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114015753/http://www.nationalacademy.org/academy/national-academicians/?na=F|archive-date=January 14, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===International collections===

Paintings by Sam Francis can be found in international museum collections including those of [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|The Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Museum of Modern Art|The Museum of Modern Art, New York]], The [Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California], The [[Kunstmuseum Basel]], the [[Idemitsu Museum of Arts]], Tokyo, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/sam_francis/|title=Francis, Sam|website=SFMOMA}}</ref> and the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne|Centre Pompidou-Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris]].