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Paul Jenkins Biography
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1923 |
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Born: in Kansas City, MO
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1943 - 1945 |
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Served as a medical corpsman in the US Naval Air Corps
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1948 - 1952 |
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Attended the Art Students League in New York, NY
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1953 |
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Travelled to Europe (England, Italy, Spain and France)
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1953 - 1954 |
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Lived and worked in Paris, France
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1955 |
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Returned to New York, NY
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1963 |
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Acquired his Broadway loft from Willem de Kooning where he worked until December 2000
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1964 |
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Filming of The Ivory Knife: Paul Jenkins at Work, produced by Martha Jackson
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1967 |
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Awarded the silver medal in painting during the 30th Biennial of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
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1977 |
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Began to work for several months in the Caribbean
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1980 |
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Named Officer of Arts and Letters by the Republic of France
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1982 |
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Received the Humanitarian Award from the National Committee of Arts for the Handicapped [Very Special Arts]
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1983 |
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Named Commander of Arts and Letters by the Republic of France
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1987 |
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His dance-drama,"Shaman to the Prism Seen", with his painted decors is presnted at the Paris Opera
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1996 |
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Received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Hofstra University, Long island, NY
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1997 |
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Elected to the National Academy, New York, NY
Received the Life Achievement Award from the Butler Institute of American Art, together with the medal of the City of Paris, France
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1998 |
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Elected an honorary member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in Wales
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2000 |
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Received the Benjamin Clinedinst Medal from the Artists' Fellowship in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL (solo)
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY (solo)
Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA (solo)
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2008
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"Modern Prints - Klassische Moderne bis Pop Art", Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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"Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection", Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (solo)
"Modern(ist) Love - The Dorothy Lincoln-Smith and Harvey K. Smith Collection", Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
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2006
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"Water and Color", Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (solo)
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2005
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France (solo)
Redfern Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA (solo)
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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Museo Civico, Assessorato alla Cultura di Pizzighettone, Pizzighettone, Italy (solo)
Redfern Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2003
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Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL (solo)
Redfern Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2001
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Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Saumur, France (solo)
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2000
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The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy (solo)
Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, NY(solo)
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL(solo)
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1999
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Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, NY (solo)
Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Wild, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France (solo)
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1997
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The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
Galerie Georges Fall, Paris, France (solo)
Galerie Proarta, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1994
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Gallery Art Point, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1992
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Roswitha Haftmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Atelier Franck Bordas, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland and Paris, France (solo)
Associated American Artists, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Iris Wazzau, Davos, Switzerland (solo)
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1990
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Castello Doria, Portovenere, Italy(solo)
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France (solo)
Gallery Art Point, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1988
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Samuel Stein Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France (solo)
Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Régis Dorval, Le Touquet, France (solo)
Gana Gallery, Seoul, South Corea (solo)
Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, Italy (solo)
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1986
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Gimpel Fils, London, UK (solo)
MR Galleria d'Arte Contemporaneo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Galerie Michel Delorme, Paris, France (solo)
Roswitha Haftmann, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Gallery Art Point, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (solo)
Focus Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
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1981
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"Retrospective", Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA (solo)
Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
Samuel Stein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Maison Internationale du Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, France (solo)
Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1978
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Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Samuel Stein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Balcon des Arts, Paris, France (solo)
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1976
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Samuel Stein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, France (solo)
Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
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1974
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"Retrospective", Musée des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi, France (solo)
Baukunst, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL (solo)
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1972
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"Retrospective", San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Abrams Original Editions, New York, NY (solo)
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo)
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1968
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Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, France (solo)
Gallery Moos, Ltd., Toronto, Canada (solo)
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1964
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Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Retrospective", Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (solo)
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1962
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Galerie Lienhard, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, France (solo)
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galleria Toninelli, Milan, Italy (solo)
Galleria Odyssia, Rome, Italy (solo)
Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1959
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Galerie Stadler, Paris, France (solo)
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1956
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Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1954
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Studio Paul Facchetti, Paris, France (solo)
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Selected Public Collections:
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, PA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
Detroit
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, PA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Fransisco, CA
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Centre Georges Pompidou and Musée national d'art Moderne, Paris, France
Tate Gallery, London, UK
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
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| Literature |
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2009
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Olsen, Sandra H. Paul Jenkins in the 1960s and 1970s: Space Color and Light. New York: D. Wigmore Fine Art, 2009 (catalogue)
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2007
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Paul Jenkins:Recent Paintings. London, UK: Redfern Gallery, 2007 (catalogue)
Harrison, Helen A. Paul Jenkins in the Fifties: Space Color and Light. New York: D. Wigmore Fine Art, 2007 (catalogue)
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2006
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Selz, Peter. Paul Jenkins: the 70s. Mill Valley, CA: Robert Green Fine Arts, 2006 (catalogue)
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2005
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Minturn, Kent. Paul Jenkins: Paintings1954-1960. London, UK: Redfern Gallery, 2005 (catalogue)
Œuvres Majeures. Lille: Fondation Demeures du Nord, 2005 (catalogue)
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1994
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Trapp, Frank Anderson. L'Eau et la couleur, Water and Color. Angers, France: PACA, 1994 (catalogue)
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1991
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Bonafoux, Pascal. Conjunctions and annexes. Paris, France: Editions Galilée, 1991
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1988
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Verdet, André. Euphories de la couleur. New York, St-Paul-de-Vence: Imago Terrae, 1988
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1973
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Elsen, Albert E. Paul Jenkins (monograph). New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973
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1971
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Nordland, Gerald. Paul Jenkins. New York: Universe Books, 1971 (catalogue)
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