Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins (born July 12, 1923 in Kansas City , Missouri , USA , † June 9, 2012 in New York City ) was an American painter . He was one of the representatives of Abstract Expressionism .
life and work
Paul Jenkins grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1948 he moved to New York City , where he studied at the Art Students League of New York , first with Yasuo Kuniyoshi for 4 years, and later with Morris Kantor . In the early 1950s, his work and his early abstractions gained professional recognition in both New York and Europe. Jenkins had his first solo exhibition in 1956 at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Jenkins painted in oils and acrylics on canvas and created watercolors on paper. His works also have echoes of lyrical abstraction and tachism .
His work can be found in international museums and collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art , the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, the Hirshhorn Sculpture Museum and Garden , the Smithsonian Institution , the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh , the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris , the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence in France , the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Tate Gallery in London .
In 1964 his works were shown in the painting department at documenta III in Kassel . Other important exhibitions also took place in 1964 in the Kestner Society in Hanover and in 1971 in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston . His first American retrospective was in 1972 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . In 1986 the Roswitha Haftmann Modern Art gallery in Zurich showed watercolors.
In the last few years there have also been major solo exhibitions around the world, including 2005 “resuvres Majeures” in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille , 2000–2001 “Viaggio in Italia” in the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza or 1999 “Paul Jenkins: The early years in Paris 1954–1960 ” at the Hofstra Museum in Hempstead . In 1997, Jenkins was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design .
Paul Jenkins was married to the American painter Alice Baber .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludmila Vachtova. Roswitha Haftmann . P. 103
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "J" / Jenkins, Paul NA 1997 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 27, 2015)
Literature and Sources
- documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
- Paul Jenkins , monograph with text by Albert E. Elsen, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1973.
- Paul Jenkins, published in 1971 by Universe Books in cooperation with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the San Francisco Museum Art at the time of the artist's retrospective, with text by Gerald Nordland, acknowledgments by Philippe de Montebello.
Web links
- Homepage of the artist
- Palais des Beaux-Arts
- Biography and works
- Materials by and about Paul Jenkins in the documenta archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenkins, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City, Missouri , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 2012 |
| Place of death | New York City |