Art Wanted

Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012) was active/lived in New York, Kansas, Missouri / France.  Paul Jenkins is known for Abstract Expressionist painting.

Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:

By RANDY KENNEDY
Published: June 17, 2012

Paul Jenkins, a colorful Abstract Expressionist who came of age during the heyday of the New York School and for several decades carried on its highly physical tradition of manipulating paint and canvas, died on June 9 in Manhattan, where he lived and had continued to paint until recently. He was 88.

He died after a short illness, said his wife, Suzanne.

In the late 1940s, joining a wave of aspiring painters moving to New York, Mr. Jenkins used the G.I. Bill to study at the Art Students League and soon met Jackson Pollock and befriended Mark Rothko.

Early on he adopted a tactile, chance-driven method of painting that relied on almost every technique but rarely brushwork. Dribbling paint, Pollock-like, onto loose canvases, he allowed it to roll, pool and bleed, and he sometimes kneaded and hauled on the canvas — "as if it were a sail," he said on   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11855 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 3119 auction lots for Paul Jenkins (of which 2611 auction records sold and 10 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 4 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 20 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Paul Jenkins as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Paul Jenkins in 1 of its research Essays. Paul Jenkins has 123 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Paul Jenkins available:    Sam Lewis Francis,  Karel Christiaan Appel,  Alexander (Sandy) Calder,  Tom Wesselmann,  Helen Frankenthaler,  Robert Burns Motherwell,  Robert Natkin,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Friedel Dzubas,  Norman Bluhm,  Jim Dine,  Robert E Indiana,  Roy Lichtenstein,  Victor Vasarely,  Gene B Davis,  Robert Rauschenberg,  Alex Katz,  Hans Hofmann,  Sol LeWitt,  Larry Rivers,  Richard Anuszkiewicz,  Larry Poons,  Andy Warhol,  Frank Stella