The paintings of Paul Jenkins have come to represent the spirit, vitality, and invention of post

World War II American abstraction. Employing an unorthodox approach to paint application,

Jenkins is as much identified with the process of controlled paint-pouring and canvas

manipulation as with the gem-like veils of transparent and luminous color which have

characterized his work since the late 1950’s.

In 1953 Jenkins began pouring paint and achieved prominence in New York and

Europe for these early abstractions. The work by Paul Jenkins have been widely exhibited

throughout the world since his first solo exhibitions in 1950’s with Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City; Arthur Tooth & Sons, London and Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris.

His first American retrospective, organized by Philippe de Montebello and Gerald Nordland,

was held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1971), and traveled to the San Francisco

Museum of Art (1972). Major retrospectives were held at the Palm Springs Desert Museum;

Musée Picasso, Antibes; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi; Kunstverein, Cologne; Kestner

Gesellschaft, Hanover. His works are found in international museum and private collections including the

Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art

and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City; the National Museum of American Art and the

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.; the Tate Gallery in London;

Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.