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, 1993

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena, 1993

Sale Date: October 11, 2010

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Phenomena full reign, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena full reign, 1975

Sale Date: October 23, 2010

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Sans titre

Paul Jenkins

Sans titre

Sale Date: October 18, 2010

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Phenomena touched by yellow, 1965

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena touched by yellow, 1965

Sale Date: October 17, 2010

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Phenomena purple on the left, 1965

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena purple on the left, 1965

Sale Date: October 17, 2010

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Compositie, 1993

Paul Jenkins

Compositie, 1993

Sale Date: October 19, 2010

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Ohne Titel, 1965

Paul Jenkins

Ohne Titel, 1965

Sale Date: October 2, 2010

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Phenomena prism emissary, 1985

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena prism emissary, 1985

Sale Date: September 30, 2010

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Once made (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1959

Paul Jenkins

Once made (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1959

Sale Date: September 27, 2010

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Untitled, 1970

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: September 27, 2010

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Phenomena signals off shore, 1981–1983

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena signals off shore, 1981–1983

Sale Date: September 27, 2010

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Phenomena channel reed horn, 1979

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena channel reed horn, 1979

Sale Date: September 22, 2010

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Wind at the foot of the anvil, 1974

Paul Jenkins

Wind at the foot of the anvil, 1974

Sale Date: September 22, 2010

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Cleopatra fold meedle, 1975

Paul Jenkins

Cleopatra fold meedle, 1975

Sale Date: September 18, 2010

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Phenomena Spring Alter (+ Phenomena..., 1970

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena Spring Alter (+ Phenomena..., 1970

Sale Date: September 29, 2010

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Sanctuary-light graphic, 1972

Paul Jenkins

Sanctuary-light graphic, 1972

Sale Date: August 17, 2010

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Phenomena, Casanova's cane, St. Croix, 1980

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena, Casanova's cane, St. Croix, 1980

Sale Date: September 12, 2010

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Phenomena treasure spot, 1978

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena treasure spot, 1978

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Phenomena by the eclipse, 1991–1993

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena by the eclipse, 1991–1993

Sale Date: September 14, 2010

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Untitled, 1987

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1987

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Two works: zig zag and untitled, 1983

Paul Jenkins

Two works: zig zag and untitled, 1983

Sale Date: February 18, 2010

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Phenomena telltale, 1964

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena telltale, 1964

Sale Date: April 30, 2009

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Phenomena high sign, 1970

Paul Jenkins

Phenomena high sign, 1970

Sale Date: April 30, 2009

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Untitled, 1987

Paul Jenkins

Untitled, 1987

Sale Date: May 27, 2009

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