Authentic Lithograph "Pink Venus" Samuel L. Francis, signed, Size Approx. 11 x 14 In. Samuel Lewis Francis?(June 25, 1923?– November 4,?California) was an?American?painter?and?printmaker. Francis was initially influenced the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color.