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)
Mandala Meditation Sundial, 1981

Paul Jenkins

Mandala Meditation Sundial, 1981

Sale Date: December 9, 2017

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Libro d'artista (book with 7 works)

Paul Jenkins

Libro d'artista (book with 7 works)

Sale Date: November 19, 2017

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Phenomena spectator, 1961

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena spectator, 1961

Sale Date: November 23, 2017

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Phenomina Lunar Vail of Vence, 1982

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Phenomina Lunar Vail of Vence, 1982

Sale Date: December 14, 2017

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Phenomena Group Thing, 1961

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Phenomena Group Thing, 1961

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Phenomena Outside Isfafan, 1973

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Phenomena Outside Isfafan, 1973

Sale Date: November 30, 2017

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Phenomena Blue Rules the Day, 1975

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Phenomena Blue Rules the Day, 1975

Sale Date: November 30, 2017

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Portrait New York New York, 1981

Paul Jenkins

Portrait New York New York, 1981

Sale Date: November 19, 2017

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Sans titre

Paul Jenkins

Sans titre

Sale Date: November 20, 2017

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Sans titre

Paul Jenkins

Sans titre

Sale Date: November 20, 2017

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Composition - 1988, 1988

Paul Jenkins

Composition - 1988, 1988

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Composition - 1988, 1988

Paul Jenkins

Composition - 1988, 1988

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Composition - circa 1980, 1980

Paul Jenkins

Composition - circa 1980, 1980

Sale Date: November 16, 2017

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Phenomena, 1975

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Phenomena, 1975

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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Seeing Voice, 1965

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Seeing Voice, 1965

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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Phenomena West Wind Sounding, 1979

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Phenomena West Wind Sounding, 1979

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Mourlot, Paris, 1971

Paul Jenkins

Mourlot, Paris, 1971

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Phenomena Ever There, 2010

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Ever There, 2010

Sale Date: November 7, 2017

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Untitled, 1971

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1971

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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SANS TITRE

Paul Jenkins

SANS TITRE

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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Phenomena Rush of Color, 1979

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Rush of Color, 1979

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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Phenomena Two Believers, 1980

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Phenomena Two Believers, 1980

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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Phenomena This Way, 1964

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Phenomena This Way, 1964

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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PHENOMENA PRISM CHIMES, 1984

Paul Jenkins

PHENOMENA PRISM CHIMES, 1984

Sale Date: October 30, 2017

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