Representative work by Joan Mitchell
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Joan Mitchell

1925–1992 · American · Based in Vétheuil, France (d. 1992)

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Columbia University
  • Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts
  • Abstract Expressionism
  • Monumental Polyptychs
  • Oil on Canvas
  • Pastel

Joan Mitchell developed large, intensely worked abstractions grounded in memory, landscape and bodily gesture. After moving permanently to France, she built multi-panel paintings whose color and movement remain tied to remembered places rather than literal depiction.

Painting; drawing; printmaking

Gallery Representation

Artist Films

Major Works

  • Hemlock
  • Hudson River Day Line
  • City Landscape →
  • Ladybug
  • La Vie en Rose
  • Salut Tom
  • Sunflowers
  • No Birds
  • George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold
  • Bracket

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Interviews & Writing

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