Joan Mitchell
American abstract expressionist painter of emotionally intense landscapes.
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Joan Mitchell was an abstract painter whose career spanned from her first solo exhibition in New York in 1952 until her death in France in 1992.[1][2] She was born in Chicago on February 12, 1925, and raised in a household that valued the arts.[2] After her return to the U.S. in late 1949, Mitchell settled in New York and within a year was an active member of the “New York School” of painters and poets.[2]
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Life and work
Mitchell studied at Smith College for two years before earning her BFA in 1947 and MFA in 1950 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[3] After her mother’s death in 1967, Mitchell used an inheritance to buy a two-acre property in Vétheuil, France, located near Giverny.[4] Her will established a foundation with the purpose of supporting artists and managing her artistic legacy.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Foundation's biography notes that Mitchell was born in Chicago on February 12, 1925, and raised in a household that valued the arts.[2] According to the Foundation, Mitchell settled permanently in France in 1959, living and working in Paris.[2] The Foundation's biography states that Mitchell achieved significant critical and commercial success in her lifetime, exhibiting regularly in New York and Paris.[2] The Foundation notes that Mitchell gave personal support to many young artists who stayed at her home in Vétheuil.[2]
References
- "Joan Mitchell's CV", Joan Mitchell Foundation. facts only, no text reused. joanmitchellfoundation.org
- "Bio", Joan Mitchell Foundation. facts only, no text reused. joanmitchellfoundation.org
- Wikipedia, "Joan Mitchell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon, Deborah, "In Monet's Light", The New York Times, November 24, 1991; Joan Mitchell, Leaving America, text by Helen Molesworth; Joan Mitchell Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.; "Joan Mitchell", October 30, 2012; Hessel, p. 246; Livingston, "The Paintings of Joan Mitchell", University of California Press, 2002, p. 21; Joan Mitchell: A Painter Under the Influences Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1994. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joan Mitchell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Oral History Interview with Joan Mitchell", Archives of American Art, April 16, 1986; Kernan, "Joan Mitchell. New York", The Burlington Magazine, September 2002, p. 578–581; Muchnic, "Book Review: 'Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter' by Patricia Albers", Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2011; "Joan Mitchell", Yale University Press, 2020; Solomon, Deborah, "In Monet's Light", The New York Times, November 24, 1991 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Joan Mitchell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blatchford, "A Gift from One Artist to Many: The Joan Mitchell Foundation", The Brooklyn Rail, December 11, 2018; "Joan Mitchell Foundation switches to longer-term support of US artists", The Art Newspaper – International art news and events, February 4, 2021; "Supported Artists", Joan Mitchell Foundation; Scher, "Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2017 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients", ARTnews.com, November 14, 2017; "Amy Sillman", Joan Mitchell Foundation; "Franco Mondini-Ruiz", joanmitchellfoundation.org; Scher, "Joan Mitchell Fo en.wikipedia.org
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