Artist Info:
Paul Jenkins, one of the artists of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, is particularly noted for his use of dripping and staining in his paintings and watercolors. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, Jenkins worked as a teenager in a ceramics factory, where he was first exposed to color intensity and the creation of form. Jenkins was originally associated with abstract expressionism, exhibits in his mature works a redefining of color, light and space on the canvas surface. In 1953, Jenkins traveled to Paris, where he had his first one-man show. While working at the American Artists Center, he continued to experiment with flowing paints, pouring pigment in streams of various thicknesses, with white thin spills as linear overlays. Jenkins's intent was to deny stasis and create a literal and metaphysical sense of dynamism, while maintaining a sense of unity. If Jenkins's technique is unorthodox, he is in many other ways a traditional artist.
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