WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Bill Jensen

Bill Jensen

Bill Jensen

1945

WA-00003359

PaintingAbstract ExpressionismExpressionism

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

70

Works in Collection

170

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ17385654

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

View all exhibitions →

No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Contemporary Art in Context

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

No image

Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Bill Jensen/First Etchings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

No image

An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

No image

Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

Field Verification (6 fields)

2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
BiographyAi Generated + Unknown· 82%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2907
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Anton-Kern
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Bill Jensen yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (70)

Original Face

2011 · Aquatint and drypoint

plate: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8" (41.4 x 32 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 20" (60.8 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Scontro Frontale

Scontro Frontale

2011 · Photogravure with drypoint and aquatint

plate: 16 1/8 x 12 7/16" (41 x 31.6 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 20" (60.8 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Precepts

2011 · Aquatint, drypoint, and etching

plate: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16" (41.8 x 32.2 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 19 15/16" (60.8 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Howl

2011 · Photogravure, aquatint, and etching

plate: 16 1/4 x 12 5/8" (41.2 x 32 cm); sheet: 24 x 20" (61 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guardian

2010 · Drypoint

plate: 11 7/16 x 17 7/16" (29.1 x 44.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 7/8" (48.5 x 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cern

2010 · Drypoint and photogravure

plate: 16 3/16 x 12 1/2" (41.1 x 31.8 cm); sheet: 24 x 20" (61 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Monkey's Rain Coat

The Monkey's Rain Coat

2010 · Aquatint, drypoint, and etching

plate: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8" (41.5 x 32 cm); sheet: 24 x 19 15/16" (60.9 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tambourine Man (Bill)

Tambourine Man (Bill)

2010 · Photogravure, etching, and aquatint

plate: 16 5/16 x 15 3/8" (41.5 x 39 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 20" (60.8 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sorrow

2010 · Aquatint, etching, and drypoint

plate: 16 5/16 x 12 1/2" (41.4 x 31.8 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 20" (60.8 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Eclipse

2010 · Aquatint

plate: 16 5/16 × 12 5/8" (41.4 × 32.1 cm); sheet: 24 × 20 1/16" (61 × 51 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guardians of the Gate

Guardians of the Gate

2010 · Intaglio

plate: 11 7/16 × 17 3/8" (29 × 44.2 cm); sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 7/8" (48.9 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Russell's Lair

2001 · Photogravure and aquatint with chine collé

composition: 20 3/16 x 12 1/2" (51.2 x 31.8 cm); sheet: 24 x 20 1/16" (60.9 x 50.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Map of the World (Mappa del mondo)

Map of the World (Mappa del mondo)

2001 · Photogravure and aquatint

composition: 12 9/16 × 16 1/4" (31.9 × 41.2 cm); sheet: 20 × 23 7/8" (50.8 × 60.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tuva

2001 · Photogravure and aquatint

composition: 16 5/16 × 12 1/2" (41.4 × 31.7 cm); sheet: 24 1/16 × 19 15/16" (61.1 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fei Fei

2001 · Photogravure and aquatint

composition: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2" (41.3 x 31.7 cm); sheet: 24 x 19 7/8" (60.9 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tergo

2000 · Aquatint

plate: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8" (41.4 x 32 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 15/16" (60.7 x 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1996 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 27 13/16 × 34 3/4" (70.6 × 88.3 cm); sheet: 36 1/4 × 42 7/8" (92 × 108.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled XVI

1994 · Ink and pencil on paper

30 × 29 7/8" (76.2 × 75.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Solace

1993 · Aquatint

plate: 17 5/16 x 21 3/4" (43.9 x 55.3 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 29 1/2" (62 x 74.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (XXXIV)

Untitled (XXXIV)

1992 · Ink on paper

24 1/4 × 19 1/8" (61.6 × 48.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Deadhead

1991 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé

plate: 13 7/8 × 12 5/8" (35.3 × 32 cm); sheet: 21 5/16 × 19" (54.2 × 48.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For Alice

1990 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 14 1/2 x 14 1/2" (36.8 x 36.8cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 21 11/16" (57 x 55.1cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For Alice, Too

1990 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 13 7/16 x 13 7/8" (34.2 x 35.2 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 20 13/16" (53 x 52.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guy and the Loon

Guy and the Loon

1989 · Etching and aquatint, with open bite, scraping and burnishing, in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 24.5 × 18.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 35 cm (17 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View all 70 artworks →

Artwork sources (3)

70 published of 135 catalogued · 100 with image

MoMA
65 publishedof 130 catalogued96 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
The Met
1 published

Record

Images

24 assets

Artsy artwork: Ancestors (1987)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Tambourine Man (Bill) (2010)

Artsy

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Drawing for Magellan (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Magellan (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Magellan (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Magellan (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Magellan (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

View all 24 media items →

Relationships

4

Movements2

Abstract Expressionism Expressionism

Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Background

Education

University of Minnesota

Visual Arts