Art+ Virtual Collector’s Chat

PAUL JENKINS: FROM AMERICA’S HEARTLAND TO AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNEY

Art+ Member & Patron Virtual Collectors’ Chat

Wednesday, February 23rd | Zoom Webinar | 5pm-6pm

Art+ Members and Patrons are invited to join us for a Virtual Collectors’ Chat with Preston Haskell, Abstract Expressionism Collector and Founder of The Haskell Company, in conversation with Joanna Robotham, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at TMA.

Paul Jenkins (American, 1923-2012) represents the legion of Abstract Expressionist artists who altered the landscape of modern art. Jenkins found inspiration in his journeys around the world, particularly time spent in Japan. He is celebrated for his unorthodox approach to paint application. In the early 1950s and throughout his life, the artist worked with controlled paint pouring. This method allowed him to create layers of translucent color as well as render stark contrasts between light and dark. This exhibition, drawn from the holdings of the Haskell Collection in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Jenkins Estate in New York City, looks at the evolution of Jenkins’ art from his large-scale paintings to works on paper. The exhibition will demonstrate how Jenkins’ groundbreaking techniques helped transform post-war painting.

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Preston H. Haskell is founder and past chairman of The Haskell Company, an innovative and leading force in the design and construction of industrial, commercial and institutional buildings throughout the United States.  He graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1960 with a degree in civil engineering, received a Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard University in 1962, and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for graduate study in Building Engineering and Construction.

Haskell has served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, and chaired its capital campaign to support its move to the new downtown location.  He is former chairman of The Cummer Museum of Art, honorary director and former chairman of the Jacksonville Symphony Association, a national trustee of the Birmingham Museum of Art, former chairman of the Advisory Council of the Princeton University Art Museum; and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (Great Britain).  In recent years he has also been a trustee of Princeton, vice chairman of the American Symphony Orchestra League, a director of the Arts Assembly of Jacksonville, and director of the Jacksonville Council of the Arts.  He is a noted collector of abstract expressionism paintings and contemporary sculpture, and a frequent lender to museums and exhibitions regionally and nationally.