Paul Jenkins

(American, 1923–2012)

Paul Jenkins was an American abstract artist and member of the New York School. Jenkins’s innovative practice was characterized by his choice to avoid the paintbrush altogether, instead allowing pigment to pool, bloom, or roll across the surface of his canvases, guiding the paint with a knife to create fluid fields of color, as seen his work Phenomena Anderson (1972). “With the smooth organic surface of the ivory, I could use great pressure against the sensitive tooth of the canvas,” the artist said of his process. Born William Paul Jenkins on July 12, 1923 in Kansas City, MO, Jenkins worked at a ceramics factory in his youth, an experience that heavily influenced his tactile methods of painting. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Students League in New York with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. A close friend of Mark Rothko, Jenkins remained tied to the city even during his move to Paris during the 1950s. The painter died on June 9, 2012 in New York, NY at the age of 88. Today, his works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others.

Paul Jenkins Artworks

Paul Jenkins (3,889 results)
Phenomena Steep Incline, 1967

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Steep Incline, 1967

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Composition, 1954

Paul Jenkins

Composition, 1954

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Aux Quatre Vents, 1987

Paul Jenkins

Aux Quatre Vents, 1987

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Untitled, 1983

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1983

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Phenomena - Helium, 1960

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena - Helium, 1960

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Phenomena Binary Star, 1975, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Binary Star, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Sans titre, 1984

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Sans titre, 1984

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Phenomena semaphore east, 1972

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Phenomena semaphore east, 1972

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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Phenomena Broken Mandala, 1989

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Phenomena Broken Mandala, 1989

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Phenomena Trace The Vein, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Trace The Vein, 1975

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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6 Farblithographien in: Seeing Voice Welsh..., 1965

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6 Farblithographien in: Seeing Voice Welsh..., 1965

Sale Date: November 25, 2023

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Phenomena Hamlet's Night Walk, 1976

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Phenomena Hamlet's Night Walk, 1976

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Phenomena a Walk Down Fifth, 1993

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena a Walk Down Fifth, 1993

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Untitled., 1970

Paul Jenkins

Untitled., 1970

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Untitled.

Paul Jenkins

Untitled.

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Phenomena Altar Prism Window, 1988

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Phenomena Altar Prism Window, 1988

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Phenomena With Profile, 1961

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena With Profile, 1961

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Phenomena Natchez Trace, 1971

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Natchez Trace, 1971

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Paul Jenkins

"PhenomenA The long run", 1982

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Phenomena Field of Trance, 1969

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Field of Trance, 1969

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Phenomena White for Oracle, 1969

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena White for Oracle, 1969

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Phenomena Sooth Sayer, 1969–1970

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Sooth Sayer, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Phenomena Silver Shelf, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Silver Shelf, 1975

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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