{"id":16770,"date":"2025-11-21T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galerie-institut.com\/paul-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:21:17","slug":"paul-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galerie-institut.com\/en\/artistes\/paul-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50%||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;1%||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px|||||&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Paul Jenkins<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">(1923-2012)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>An American painter living between New York and Paris, Paul Jenkins&#8217; research is deeply focused on color. Painting as colored matter is the subject of his work, nourished by the scientific theories of Goethe and Newton. He regularly renews his practice by devising new ways of showing the properties of color, sometimes fluid, sometimes transparent, sometimes opaque.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/galerie-institut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/jenkins-paul-phenomena-edge-of-august.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;jenkins-paul-phenomena-edge-of-august&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;26px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Works of art by artist Paul Jenkins<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_shop type=&#8221;product_category&#8221; posts_number=&#8221;1000&#8243; include_categories=&#8221;195,316&#8243; columns_number=&#8221;4&#8243; icon_hover_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; price_font=&#8221;EB Garamond||||||||&#8221; price_text_color=&#8221;#515151&#8243; price_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_shop][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1400px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;5%||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/galerie-institut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jenkins.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Jenkins&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;70%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px||true|false&#8221; sticky_position=&#8221;top&#8221; sticky_limit_bottom=&#8221;row&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; sticky_position=&#8221;top&#8221; sticky_limit_bottom=&#8221;row&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Colette Masson \/ Roger-Viollet<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px||false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;26px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Paul Jenkins artist biography<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;23px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Paul Jenkins is an American artist born in 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri. 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