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)
Chez Vidal, 1998

Paul Jenkins

Chez Vidal, 1998

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Osceola, 1957

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Osceola, 1957

Sale Date: December 4, 2012

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Five invocations (set of 5), 1997

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Five invocations (set of 5), 1997

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Phenomena Prism Change, 1985

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Phenomena Prism Change, 1985

Sale Date: December 8, 2012

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Phenomena Aron Visit Christmas Eve, 1975

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Phenomena Aron Visit Christmas Eve, 1975

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Portrait, 1980

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Portrait, 1980

Sale Date: December 6, 2012

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Sans titre, 1980

Paul Jenkins

Sans titre, 1980

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Phenomena little, 1974

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Phenomena little, 1974

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Phenomena Overhead, 1964

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Phenomena Overhead, 1964

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Phenomena Hayashi Style, 1964

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Phenomena Hayashi Style, 1964

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Phenomenon with backlash, 1965

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Phenomenon with backlash, 1965

Sale Date: November 10, 2012

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Phenomena Blue Ascription, 1965

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Phenomena Blue Ascription, 1965

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Phenomena with Euthymia, 1961

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Phenomena with Euthymia, 1961

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Phenomena Everglade Falls

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Phenomena Everglade Falls

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Untitled, 1969

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Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: November 24, 2012

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Phenomena Vital Land, 1976

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Phenomena Vital Land, 1976

Sale Date: November 22, 2012

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Prism Equestrian, 1993

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Prism Equestrian, 1993

Sale Date: November 21, 2012

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Phenomena High Born, 1976

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena High Born, 1976

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Untitled, 1981

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1981

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Portrait de Cesar dans le ciel, 1986

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Portrait de Cesar dans le ciel, 1986

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Untitled, 1969

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: November 8, 2012

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Phenomena Paul's Place, 1986

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Phenomena Paul's Place, 1986

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Venetian Interior, 1955

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Venetian Interior, 1955

Sale Date: November 14, 2012

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Phenomena Then & Now, 2004

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Phenomena Then & Now, 2004

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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