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Born 1945. Known for: Abstract expression-spiral shapes.
Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists... Read full biography
Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists and ellipses are pushed together to create a tension filled field of color and life. The natural... Read full biography
Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists and ellipses are pushed together to create a tension filled field of color and life. The natural forms and swirling brushstrokes create a magical landscape. His work also explores paint as a textural element, visible in layers scraped and piled on the surface of the canvas. Jensens style was greatly... Read full biography
Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists and ellipses are pushed together to create a tension filled field of color and life. The natural forms and swirling brushstrokes create a magical landscape. His work also explores paint as a textural element, visible in layers scraped and piled on the surface of the canvas. Jensens style was greatly influenced by the art of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). He first saw Ryders work at the Brooklyn Museum in 1971, around the time that Jensen had moved there from Minneapolis. Jensen attended the University of Minnesota from 1964 to 1970, earning... Read full biography
Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists and ellipses are pushed together to create a tension filled field of color and life. The natural forms and swirling brushstrokes create a magical landscape. His work also explores paint as a textural element, visible in layers scraped and piled on the surface of the canvas. Jensens style was greatly influenced by the art of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). He first saw Ryders work at the Brooklyn Museum in 1971, around the time that Jensen had moved there from Minneapolis. Jensen attended the University of Minnesota from 1964 to 1970, earning both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Fine Art. By 1971 he was living in New York and in the 1980s he first started to gain recogniti... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art