Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), American UNTITLED, 1971 signed, dated "71", and editioned "Trial Proof" Estimate: $400—600 CAD Important: This lot is located in....
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Paul Jenkins was born in America, in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923.
As a teenager, he worked in a ceramic factory where he learned a lot about colour. Determined to become an artist, he moved to New York in 1948 and enrolled in the Art Students League, where he met professors Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Morris Kantor, both important to his education.
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Initially associated with abstract expressionism, Jenkins soon gave a metaphysical twist to his research, a twist that remained dominant in his work. Progressively the act of painting will become an intuitive, almost mystical process for the artist.
During his years of study in New York he was close to Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. The artist immerses himself in Gurjieff's esoteric philosophy. In '51 he painted his first work with the "dripping" technique (a painting technique that consists of dripping color onto the canvas spread out on the floor).
In '51 he travels to