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Artists›Peter De Francia

Peter De Francia

British-French, 1921

WA-00026790

Paris, France

PaintingRealismGeometric AbstractionFiguration

Representation

None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ16019356 ULAN500029172

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1428
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Peter De Francia was a British painter and printmaker whose work engaged with social realism and abstraction in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a practice that moved between figuration and geometric abstraction, often incorporating themes of urban experience and labor. De Francia was active in British artistic circles during a period of significant modernist experimentation and social consciousness in visual culture.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Realism

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Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (14)

Prometheus Steals the Fire

1982 · Graphite and ink on paper

support: 559 x 762 mm

Tate

Illustration for Aimé Césaire's Diary of a Return to the Native Country

1978 · Charcoal on paper

24 7/8 x 19 3/8" (63.3 x 49.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Disparates (Omnia Vincit Amor)

1977 · Oil paint and charcoal on canvas

support: 2127 x 1647 mm

Tate

Disparates (Romulus and Remus)

1974 · Graphite and ink on paper

support: 775 x 571 mm

Tate

Figures in a Farmyard

1972 · Charcoal on paper

image: 763 x 560 mm

Tate

The Disparates

1970 · Charcoal on paper

22 x 30 3/4" (55.9 x 78.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Disparates (A Little Night Music)

1969 · Graphite and ink on paper

support: 775 x 571 mm

Tate

Immigrant ‘Head of an Algerian’

1965 · Charcoal on paper

image: 640 x 521 mm

Tate

The Emigrants

1964 · Oil paint on canvas

support (left hand painting): 1823 x 1065 x 16 mm support (central painting): 1826 x 1061 x 16 mm support (right hand painting): 1823 x 1061 x 16 mm frame (left hand painting): 1845 x 1087 x 33 mm frame (central painting): 1851 x 1087 x 28 mm fr

Tate

Man Carrying a Child

1962 · Charcoal on paper

image: 1148 x 893 mm

Tate

Figure on a Ladder

1953 · Charcoal and graphite on paper

image: 558 x 379 mm

Tate

Mother and Child

1953 · Charcoal and Conté crayon on paper

image: 772 x 573 mm

Tate

The Port of Genoa

1952 · Charcoal and Conté crayon on paper

image: 378 x 278 mm

Tate

Seated Boy, Genoa

1950 · Charcoal on paper

image: 451 x 351 mm

Tate

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Artwork sources (2)

14 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Tate
12 published12 img
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Man Carrying a Child
1962 · Tate · 1 prov
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Prometheus Steals the Fire
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
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Immigrant ‘Head of an Algerian’
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Emigrants
1964 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Disparates (Omnia Vincit Amor)
1977 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Disparates (A Little Night Music)
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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Disparates (Romulus and Remus)
1974 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Port of Genoa
1952 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Figures in a Farmyard
1972 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seated Boy, Genoa
1950 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Movements4

Realism Geometric Abstraction Figuration Social Realism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Drawing since 1940

New York · 1987

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

New York · 1981