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1923 Kansas City, Missouri - 2012 Manhattan, New York. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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, po... Read full biography