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, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena, 1975

Sale Date: February 24, 2011

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Phenomena, 1975

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Phenomena, 1975

Sale Date: February 24, 2011

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Phenomena: Her call near 1965, 1965

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Phenomena: Her call near 1965, 1965

Sale Date: February 10, 2011

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Phenomena ahab shelter, 1976

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena ahab shelter, 1976

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Senza titolo

Paul Jenkins

Senza titolo

Sale Date: March 20, 2010

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Prism sentinel, 1985

Paul Jenkins

Prism sentinel, 1985

Sale Date: February 26, 2011

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Phenomena of resuscitation, 1960

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena of resuscitation, 1960

Sale Date: June 16, 2009

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Untitled (Abstract composition), 1981

Paul Jenkins

Untitled (Abstract composition), 1981

Sale Date: January 16, 2011

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Phenomena eagle's nest, 1984

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena eagle's nest, 1984

Sale Date: March 1, 2006

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Phenomena red point, 1965

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Phenomena red point, 1965

Sale Date: January 1, 2008

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Phenomena cyclonic altitude, 1978

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena cyclonic altitude, 1978

Sale Date: January 22, 2011

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Phenomena leaf bowl, 1978

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena leaf bowl, 1978

Sale Date: January 8, 2011

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Phenomena polar front, 1979

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena polar front, 1979

Sale Date: January 6, 2011

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Phenomena 4 p.m. Medina, 1982

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Phenomena 4 p.m. Medina, 1982

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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Phenomena red imperial, 1978

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena red imperial, 1978

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Phenomena Palace Window, 1984

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Phenomena Palace Window, 1984

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Bodoin, 1984

Paul Jenkins

Bodoin, 1984

Sale Date: November 25, 2010

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Phenomena taken by light, 1989

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena taken by light, 1989

Sale Date: December 13, 2010

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Phenomena edison stand, 1974

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena edison stand, 1974

Sale Date: November 22, 2010

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Phenomena quick silver galleons, 1982

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena quick silver galleons, 1982

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Untitled

Paul Jenkins

Untitled

Sale Date: December 12, 2010

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Phenomena red imperial, 1978

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena red imperial, 1978

Sale Date: December 5, 2010

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Phenomena reading a slabs, 1988

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena reading a slabs, 1988

Sale Date: December 1, 2010

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Vestiges les secret - Pompei, 1987

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Vestiges les secret - Pompei, 1987

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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