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Paul Jenkins Earth Day Lithograph, 1971 #1140718

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Paul Jenkins Earth Day Lithograph, 1971 #1140718
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Artist: Paul Jenkins

Title: Earth Day

Year: 1971

Edition: 300

Medium: Plate Signed Lithograph

Paper Size: 29" x 21.5"





Paul Jenkins, an artist originally associated with abstract expressionism, exhibits in his mature works a redefining of color, light and space on the canvas surface.



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. From age 14 to 18, he studied drawing and painting at the city's Art Institute.



Initially interested in drama, Jenkins received a fellowship to the Cleveland Playhouse, then continued his dramatic studies in Pittsburgh at the Drama School of the Carnegie Institute of Technology.



Deciding to become an artist, Jenkins moved to New York City in 1948 and studied at the Art Students League. During Jenkins's three years at the League, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Morris Kantor were his influential instructors.



While Jenkins continued to live and paint in New York City, his personal explorations took a metaphysical turn, which would ultimately become dominant in his work.



P.D. Ouspensky's The Search of the Miracu/ous changed the artist's thoughts on human growth and limitations, while the Chinese I Ching, through its thematic emphasis on constant change, heightened his interest in flowing paint on canvas. Painting for Jenkins became an intuitive, almost ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1971</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:29</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:21.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Paul Jenkins Earth Day Lithograph, 1971</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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