Paul Jenkins Catalogue

Chronology

1937-1942

Studies at the Kansas City Art Institute, where he makes drawings from a model and painted a series of watercolors he calls "interior landscapes" related to caves he knew in the Ozarks, rivers, campfires and other forms of nature. Worked in ceramics with James Weldon where he poured clay slip into molds, applied glazes and created a series of clay sculptures of heads and figures that he then fired and glazed. The fire of the kiln reveals the transformation of color: the dry opaque glazes prior to the firing which could then become subtly translucent or vitally defined in density. Frequent visits to the renowned Eastern collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum [then the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery], where he is strongly affected by the vast Chinese fresco of a Buddha, the polychrome sculptures, notably the Bodhisattva, Kuan-Yin, from Shansi, in northern China (11-12th century), Indian bronzes, especially Shiva, and statues of lohans in meditation.

1943-1945

Serves as a medical corpsman in the US Naval Air Corps.

1948-1952

Studies with Yasuo Kuniyoshi for four years and with Morris Kantor at the Art Students League in New York where he meets Mark Rothko. Frequent visits to the Frick Museum to see Goya, Rembrandt's Self-Portrait, Turner, Georges de la Tour, Vermeer, Bellini, Holbein. In New York, paints Sea Escape, 1951, an ink wash on paper with permeated color. Meets Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman in New York. In reading P. D. Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, discovers the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff.

1953

Travels to Italy where, during a stay of several months, he paints a series of works on canvas in Taormina, in Sicily, and to Spain where he is deeply moved by the Prado. Settles in Paris where he meets Jean Dubuffet, Michel Tapi�, Pierre Restany, Etienne Martin, Mark Tobey, Zoe Dusanne, Bernard Leach, Kenneth B. Sawyer, as well as other American artists living there at the time. The �bauches of Gustave Moreau reveal to him the structure and inherent luminosity of color; the small oil paintings of Wols hold another way of perceiving, a mystery that eluded Surrealism. He begins to pour paint on canvas and paper. Is greatly drawn to the luminous density in the pastels of Odilon Redon, particularly in The Conch Shell. Discovers Psychology and Alchemy by Carl Gustave Jung and the I Ching: The Confucian Book of Changes.

1954

The flatness of the reflected lights at night on the Seine assumes a compelling verticality which disrupts the intruding horizon line and moves forward in a frontal configuration, evoking a sensation of nearness. First solo exhibition: Studio Paul Facchetti in Paris, �douard Jaguer writes the text, Lumi�re d'Ambre. In Paris, meets Martha Jackson; Peter, Charles and Jean Gimpel. Works with Winsor Newton powdered pigments and chrysochrome, a viscous enamel paint. Group exhibition "Divergences" at the Galerie Arnaud in Paris. Visits the Matisse chapel in Vence.

1955

First solo exhibition in the United States at the Zoe Dusanne Gallery in Seattle. The Seattle Museum is the first museum to buy one of his works. Participates in group exhibitions at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York; the Petit Palais, Galerie Jean Larcade and "Signes Autres" at the Galerie Rive Droite in Paris. In New York, comes to know Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Ad Reinhardt, Phillip Guston and, with George Wittenborn, meets Robert Motherwell. Travels to London to see Mark Tobey's exhibition at ICA [Institute of Contemporary Art].

1956

Visits Rothko's studio on the West side of New York City, now the site of Lincoln Center. First solo exhibition in New York takes place at the Martha Jackson Gallery. John I. H. Baur buys Divining Rod for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Observations of Michel Tapi� is published by George Wittenborn in New York. Group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; in Paris, with the Galerie Stadler, Galerie Rive Droite, Galerie Jean Larcade and in "Sculpteurs et Peintres Abstraits Am�ricains de Paris" at the Galerie Arnaud. Peter Cochrane invites him to exhibit in a group show, "The Exploration of Paint," at Arthur Tooth & Sons in London the following season. Visits Jackson Pollock's studio in Springs and sees his recent paintings, as well as a series in black and white to be shown at the Gimpel Fils Gallery in London. On his return to the city, gives Pollock a copy of Herrigal's Zen and the Art of Archery, presently in the library of the Pollock-Krasner House in Springs.

1957

Peggy Guggenheim buys Osage from his exhibition at the Galerie Stadler in Paris. Hideo Hayahasi and Mr. Yamamoto of the Tokyo Gallery visit his atelier, rue Decr�s. Participates in group exhibitions at Arthur Tooth & Sons in London and at the Whitney Museum in New York. Exchanges studios with Joan Mitchell; he takes her St. Mark's Place studio in New York, and she takes his studio on the rue Decr�s in Paris. Meets the writer, James Jones, and his wife, Gloria, in New York. At the Gutai exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York, is invited by Jiro Yoshihara to work with the Gutai in Osaka, an invitation that he does not implement until 1964.

1958

Begins the series of paintings Eyes of the Dove in New York. Joseph Hirshhorn buys Dakota Ridge from his exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Participates in exhibitions at Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, at the Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1959-1960

Works with dry pigments mixed with acri-medium, and in oil. Studies the writing of Kant and Goethe. Uses an ivory knife to guide the flows of paint. Begins to title his canvases Phenomena, followed by a key phrase or word. Travels to Spain, meets Juan-Eduardo Cirlot in Barcelona. Obtains a cold-water flat in New York on 12th Street between Avenues A and B. Begins to work in acrylic.

1961

First exhibition at the Galerie Karl Flinker in Paris; James Jones writes the catalogue text, "Moving Shapes without Name." The Paintings of Paul Jenkins is published by �ditions Two Cities in Paris with texts by Kenneth B. Sawyer, Pierre Restany and James Fitzsimmons.

1962

Meets Albert E. Elsen in the Rodin Museum in Paris. Travels in Europe. Henri Michaux visits his Paris studio. Participates in group exhibitions at the Mus�e des Arts d�coratifs, mus�e du Louvre and mus�e d'Art moderne in Paris and at the Whitney Museum in New York. Gradual encroachment of the granular veils in the paintings.

1963

Publication of Jenkins by Jean Cassou, �ditions de la Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris. Group exhibitions at the Mus�e d'Art moderne in Paris, at the Art Institute in Chicago, and at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Obtains loft on Broadway in New York from Willem de Kooning. The photographer David Douglas Duncan takes a series of prismatic photos of the artist in Paris.

1964

First retrospective takes place at the Kestner-Gesellschaft of Hanover, with the catalogue text by Wieland Schmied. Filming of The Ivory Knife: Paul Jenkins at Work, produced by Martha Jackson in New York. Travels to Japan for his exhibition at the Tokyo Gallery; at the suggestion of Joseph Campbell, visits Ise and experiences the profound impact of its architectural elements within the sacred environment. With Bernard Leach, travels in Japan to see the works of Hamada. Works with Jiro Yoshihara and the Gutai group in Osaka for several months. Travels to India, visits Bombay, Agra, the Ajanta caves in Aurangabad. In New Delhi, is struck by the independence of the color worn against the landscape. Donates bronze head of Dylan Thomas by Ibram Lassaw and David Slivka to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, accepted by Richard Burton and his foster father, Phillip Burton, during a presentation at The Poetry Center of the YM-YWHA at 92nd Street in New York.

1965

Travels to Madrid, visits L'Escorial, and to Biarritz. Publication of Seeing Voice Welsh Heart by the �ditions de la Galerie Karl Flinker in Paris; a series of original lithographs on stone printed by Fernand Mourlot, with poems by Cyril Hodges. Group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum in New York and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts in Philadelphia.

1966

Travels in Russia, visits Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. In Zagorsk, sees for the first time the icons of Andreiev Roublev, whose intensity and force impress him greatly. The Ivory Knife is shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and receives the Golden Eagle Award in Venice. Publication of his play, Strike the Puma, by �ditions Gonthier, Paris. In New York, pursues the study of Jungian concepts with Dr. Erlo van Waveren. Harry Abrams proposes publishing a monograph book on his work.

1967

Grays and granular whites predominate in a series of paintings. Awarded the silver medal in painting during the 30th Biennial of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Strike the Puma is produced off-Broadway, directed by Vasek Simek. Places a trunk of photographs, correspondance and writings on deposit with the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

1968

Makes a series of unique glass sculptures in Venice with Egidio Costantini, whom he met through Mark Tobey. Discusses with Harry Abrams the idea of integrating black-and-white autobiographical collages in the forthcoming Abrams' book.

1971

Retrospective at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Art, organized by Gerald Nordland and Philippe de Montebello. Jean-Louis Barrault visits his studio in New York. Sculpts two-ton piece of French limestone at the Sculptors' Symposium at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York. At the inauguration of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, donates a letter written to him by Mark Rothko concerning his trip to Paris where they visited museums, notably L'Orangerie [Les Nymph�as], to explore different solutions for a protective distance between the viewer and the paintings for the chapel then in preparation.

1972

"Paul Jenkins: Works on Paper," an exhibition of watercolors, is presented at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., then travels for two years in the United States. After his exhibition in London with the Gimpel Fils Gallery, travels to Cornwall with Peter Gimpel to see the dolmens.

1973

Paul Jenkins, with a text by Albert E. Elsen, is published by Harry N. Abrams in New York. First drawings for Mandala Meditation Sundial, a sculpture project for a park. Sees the prehistoric stones at Carnac in France. Emergence of the autobiographical collage, Horizon Findings.

1974-1976

Retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi. Casts Mandala Meditation Sundial in bronze and in brass. On canvas and paper, continues to explore through veils of color the Newtonian prism and to investigate translucent and opaque light, revealed and hidden forms. Finishes Boy Man Man Boy, pivotal collage for Anatomy of a Cloud. Attends series of lectures by Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University in New York. Creates a series of original lithographs on stone at Atelier Mourlot in Paris, including a diagram for Meditation Mandala Sundial.

1977

Begins St. Croix series of watercolors and paintings and is strongly influenced by the physicality of working outside, reminiscent of Taormina where he was confronted by color in a direct and decisive way. Participates in An Unmarried Woman by Paul Mazursky, filmed in his studio in New York. Works on the autobiographical collages. Mandala Meditation Sundial and Shakti Samothrace are cast in bronze at Tallix Foundry, New York. From his work on canvas, Jean Erdman creates a visual environment for Shining House, a dance piece about Pel�, a goddess in Hawaiian mythology. Requests the return of his trunk from the Beinecke Library at Yale University; this material evolves into Anatomy of a Cloud, published by Harry Abrams in 1983.

1978

Exhibits Anatomy of a Cloud, a series of collages, paintings and sculptures, at the Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery in New York. Casting of two sculptures into bronze, Excalibur and Echo Chamber, at Tallix Foundry, New York.

1979

During a long stay in the Caribbean, impasto begins to appear in the paintings. Completes Phenomena Forcing a Passage at the Mark, a key painting to him in discovering the scraped veils with prism concentrates. Uses paint thickly to reveal and break down the persistent features of the Newtonian prism.

1980

Named Officer of Arts and Letters by the Republic of France. Participates in the D. H. Lawrence Festival in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. At Shidoni Foundry, near Santa Fe, begins construction of full-scale section of Mandala Meditation Sundial in steel.

1981

Retrospective at the Palm Springs Desert Museum. In conjunction with the preparation of Anatomy of a Cloud, creates a series of collages in honor of Jean-Louis Barrault. These collages are shown at the French Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York. At the request of Jean-Louis Barrault, these works inaugurate the Maison Internationale du Th��tre of the Renaud-Barrault Company, at the Th��tre du Rond-Point, in Paris, for which he also makes the insignia. Creates a series of original lithographs on stone in Canada at Sword Street Press.

1982

Publication of Paul Jenkins by Alain Bosquet, �ditions Georges Fall, Paris, in conjunction with an exhibition which is visited by President Fran�ois Mitterrand. The Fonds national d'Art contemporain du minist�re de la Culture et de la Communication purchases Phenomena Saturn Observes. Participates in the colloquium in Paris organized by Jack Lang on creation and its development. The director, Alan Schneider, enters Anatomy of a Cloud into his workshop of actors at the University of California at San Diego. Receives the Humanitarian Award from the National Committee of Arts for the Handicapped. Begins to use granular poured veils on scraped prism forms; abstract collage elements integrate themselves with the works on canvas.

1983

Named Commander of Arts and Letters by the Republic of France. Anatomy of a Cloud, an autobiographical book of word impressions and collages, is published by Harry N. Abrams in New York and receives the silver medal from the Art Directors Club.

1984

The series of collages Homage to Jean-Louis Barrault and Tibetan Remnants are shown at the Mus�e d'Art contemporain of Dunkirk.

1985

Creates a medal, in bronze dipped in silver and struck at La Monnaie in Paris, for the French Center of Civilization and Culture of New York University. Solo exhibition at the Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery at FIAC in Paris. Jean-Louis Martinoty proposes the creation of a ballet to the music, Jeux, of Debussy.

1986

Writes Shaman to the Prism Seen, a dance drama. Exhibits his autobiographical collages at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown. Travels to London for his exhibition with the Gimpel Fils Gallery and to Tokyo for his exhibition with the Gallery Art Point. Visits Okayama for the collection of works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi and discovers an early painting he last saw leaning against the wall in Kuniyoshi's 14th Street Union Square studio in New York during his Art Students League years. The billowing and vibrantly colored silks of the entrances to the temples in Nara and Kyoto juxtaposed with the monumental stillness of the architecture leaves a lasting impression. Exhibition-installation at Shidoni Foundry near Santa Fe, of the construction in steel of a portion of Mandala Meditation Sundial.

1987

Retrospective of his works on canvas at the Mus�e Picasso in Antibes. The Paris Opera presents his dance-drama, Shaman to the Prism Seen, in the Salle Favart, within the context of the new series "Carte Blanche," initiated by Jean-Louis Martinoty. Paints two canvases 30 x 40 feet each for the d�cors, together with a series of vertical paintings on canvas, costumes and silks, and creates a prism dais form for Shaman. Music by Henri Dutilleux; directed by Simone Benmussa. Creates a series of original lithographs on stone at Atelier Franck Bordas in Paris, including one for the Paris Opera. Completes two mosaics with Heidi Melano in Biot, one of which belongs to the City of Antibes. Creates an original lithograph on stone in triptych for a bicentenary edition on parchment of the U.S. Constitution published by Galerie Art Concorde in Paris, and printed at Atelier Clot Bramsen Georges, Paris.

1988

Commissioned to create and paint a silk d�cor for a performance at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, during "The Return of Marco Polo," organized by the International Committee for the Safeguard of Venice and the Great Wall. In Beijing paints six banners of 40 x 15 feet, a backdrop of 60 x 75 feet and a series of banners 30 x 3 feet for the Great Wall. Publication by Atelier Franck Bordas in Paris of Euphories de la couleur, a portfolio of original lithographs on stone, with texts by Andr� Verdet. Printed in book form by Imago Terrae.

1989

The Mus�es de Nice presents the painted d�cors for Shaman to the Prism Seen, together with a series of watercolors and large-scale paintings from the last five years at the Galerie des Ponchettes and the Galerie d'Art Contemporain. Euphories de la couleur is shown at the Maison des �crivains in Paris, organized by Hugues de Kerret, and then at the Galerie Sapone in Nice. The 7�me Rencontre des Arts Contemporains in Cannes honors Paul Jenkins in the context of their summer exhibition. Based on the Broken Prism, the architect, Yves Bayard, creates Meditation Tower, a structure based on the prism and featuring large-scale stained glass windows by the artist.

1990

Exhibition of the silks painted in China and in Paris at the Castello Doria in Portovenere. Receives the medal of the city of Menton. Invited to Israel by Abba and Suzy Eban, and is based in Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem; visits the tomb of Maimonides in Tiberius. Travels to Japan for his exhibition with Gallery Art Point in Tokyo.

1991

Exhibits two original lithographs on stone at the Associated American Artists in New York, "Masters of Contemporary Printmaking." Exhibition of Conjunctions and Annexes, a series of polyptychs on canvas, at the Gimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, together with the publication of a book with a text by Pascal Bonafoux. Invited by Tadashi Suzuki to travel to Japan in August to attend the 10th anniversary of his theatre festival in Toga. Begins to work on a series of original lithographs on stone at the Atelier Franck Bordas in Paris. Exhibition of Grid Panel Prisms, a further series of polyptychs on canvas, at the Gimpel Fils Gallery in London. In December, travels to Mito in Japan for the premi�re of Ivanov, an adaptation by Tadashi Suzuki of the Chekhov play, where Suzuki uses the silks painted in China and in Paris as elements of the d�cors and for Anna's costume.

1992

Exhibition of watercolors at the Roswitha Haftmann Gallery in Zurich. Seven Aspects of Amadeus and the Others, lithographs on stone printed by Atelier Franck Bordas, are shown at the Basel Art Fair. Writes a text as a one-act play in reference to the lithographs of the Amadeus series, published by �ditions Galil�e in Paris. Visits Florence and returns to the frescoes by Giotto and Fra Angelico. Exhibition of Amadeus series lithographs at Atelier Franck Bordas in Paris. Exhibition of recent watercolors and Amadeus lithographs at Associated American Artists Gallery in New York.

1993

Associated American Artists Gallery presents a selection of collages and watercolors at the Armory show in New York. Travels to Palo Alto, California where he completes a series of monotypes at Smith Andersen Editions. Exhibits in "Collection of the Maeght Fondation, a Choice of 150 works," Fondation Maeght, St-Paul. Exhibitions of two groups of collages in the fall: in Paris at the Yoshii Gallery and in New York, at Associated American Artists Gallery.

1994

Writes Prism Moon to the Shaman, an allegorical tale about color. Associated American Artists Gallery presents selected recent paintings at the Armory show in New York. Inauguration of Water and Color, a traveling exhibition in France of watercolors in conjunction with the Paris Opera performance of his dance-drama, Shaman to the Prism Seen, together with recent watercolors, including 5 monumental scale works created in Paris in November of 1993. The historian, Frank Anderson Trapp, writes an in-depth study of the work in watercolor for the catalogue text. Travels to New Mexico for the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts. Works on monotypes at Smith Andersen in Palo Alto. His sculpture, Meditation Mandala Sundial, is installed at Hofstra University.

1995

Exhibition of recent works on canvas at Associated American Artists in New York. The Chateau-Museum of Cagnes-sur-mer mounts an extensive exhibition of recent collages including collage doors from his Paris studio made in the fifties and not previously shown. The City of Nice exhibits the series of lithographs Seven Aspects of Amadeus and the Others. Travels to Zurich for his exhibition of recent paintings and watercolors at Galerie Proarta. Jacques Garelli, poet and phenomenologist, writes an expansive text concerning the paintings and watercolors, excerpts from this text are published in the exhibition catalogue. The gallery ArtCurial in Paris mounts an exhibition of his lithographs.

1996

Receives an honorary doctorate in humanities from Hofstra University. Participates in the 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Gimpel Fils in London. Travels to Milan for exhibition at Lorenzelli Arte.

1997

The Butler Institute of American Art mounts an exhibition of recent work from the last five years. Receives the Life Achievement Award from the Butler Institute, together with the medal of the City of Paris from Pierre Buhler, the French Cultural Counsellor of New York. Exhibition of Cardinal Recognitions at the Galerie Georges Fall in Paris. Exhibition, Francis Jenkins Mathieu at Associated American Artists in New York. Elected to the National Academy, New York. Completes Five Incantations, a series of five original lithographs on stone printed by Atelier Bordas in Paris, for the Galerie Georges Fall. Merchant Ivory features a selection of his works from the fifties in their film, A Soldier�s Daughter Never Cries, from the novel by Kaylie Jones, based on her years in Paris with her parents, the writer James Jones and his wife, Gloria.

1998

Creates Entrance Shaman, five original lithographs on stone printed by Atelier Bordas in Paris. Elected an honorary member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in Wales. Participates in the group exhibition, Masters of Color and Light: Homer, Sargent and the American Watercolor Movement, the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

1999

Creates At Stroke of Twelve, an original stone lithograph for the Print Club in New York presented in October. The Butler Institute of American Art exhibits Water and Color, 50 works on paper. The Hofstra Museum mounts an exhibition of works on canvas from the years 1954-1960, and the Joseph Rickards Gallery in New York exhibits the transitional series of 1957-59 paintings, Eyes of the Dove. A painting from the Eyes of the Dove is shown in the traveling exhibition and catalogue, Les Ann�es de Combat, 1951-1962, organized by Pr�sence d�Art Contemporain in Angers centering on the Paris art review Cimaise and the Galerie Arnaud. Invited to write text about the Gutai for the exhibition at the Jeu de Paume, Paris, and meets again Gutai artists he knew from Osaka who traveled to Paris for the opening.

2000

Travels to the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio where his exhibition Water and Color is shown in celebration of their new Beecher Center for Art and Technology. Receives the Benjamin Clinedinst Medal from the Artists' Fellowship in New York. The City of Vicenza mounts Viaggio in Italia, an extensive exhibition of works on canvas and watercolors in the Basilica Palladiana, with a fully illustrated catalogue of the works shown. Creates lithograph on stone with watercolor for the limited edition of La Mis�re des Philosophes by Jean-Fran�ois Lyotard, published by Editions Galil�e, Paris. Microcosms, an exhibition of small scale works on canvas, opens at the Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York. Exhibits recent paintings at the Agama Gallery, in honor of the New York visit of the Rev. Seiyuu Kiriyama Kancho. Seiyu Kiriyama Kancho performs the Sacred Fire Ritual at the Unitarian Church. Broken Silences, the first retrospective exhibition of collages, is shown at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida. Moves from his studio acquired from Willem de Kooning in 1963.

2001

Invited by the Rev. Seiyu Kiriyama Kancho, travels to Kyoto in February for the monumental outdoor Fire Ceremony; visits stone gardens, temples and shrines and experiences the intensity of their stillness. Le Centre d'Art Contemporain of Bouvet-Ladubay in Saumur, mounts an extensive exhibition of recent works on canvas.

2002

Series of lectures at The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown. Travels to Les Corbi�res for an exhibition of recent work at Chateau Haut-Gl�on. From the artist's studio in St-Paul, David Douglas Duncan purchases a large-scale painting, which he then donates to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. Travels to London to see the Barnett Newman exhibition at the Tate Gallery. Travels to Bordeaux for Feu Sacr�, a theatre performance by Macha M�ril with Phenomena Strike the Tiger as the d�cor, texts by George Sand and music by Chopin.

2003

Writes eulogy for Al Hirschfeld, published in the Art Students League quarterly, Linea. Travels to London for his exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, and to Prato in Italy.

2004

Japanese television, NHK, films interview in the studio about Yasuo Kuniyoshi and the Art Student League years.

2005

Exhibition of watercolors at Galerie Proarta in Zurich. A two-part exhibition of works on canvas from the 60s and the 90s is presented at Robert Green Fine Arts in Mill Valley, California. Creates specific works on canvas in New York for the Abbaye of Silvacane, a 12th century Cistercian abbey in Roque d'Anth�ron, near Aix-en-Provence. A painting from this series is shown at the Maison C�zanne in Aix-en-Provence. �uvres Majeures, an exhibition of works on canvas together with watercolors, opens at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille and is attended by over 40,000 viewers. Receives the gold medal of the City of Lille, awarded at the exhibition inauguration. Exhibition of works on canvas 1954-1960 opens at the Redfern Gallery in London with accompanying catalogue, text by Kent Minturn. Exhibition of works 1954-2003 at Galleria Open Art, Prato, with accompanying catalogue, text by Bruno Cor�.

2006

Water and Color, exhibition of more than 50 watercolors, including 5 of mural scale, is shown at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock.

2007

Paul Jenkins in the Fifties: Space, Color and Light, works on canvas from 1955-1960 at D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York. The Ballet Western Reserve performs two evenings of dance choreographed to his paintings in the collection of the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio.

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