About Fred Mitchell

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    Fred Mitchell b. 1923, Meridian, MS

    Studied: Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1942-1943
    Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1946-1956
    University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1947
    Columbia University, NYC, c. 1947
    Atelier 17, NYC, c. 1947
    Academie de Belles Arti, Rome, 1948-1949

    Known as a gifted Abstract Expressionist painter since 1951, Fred Mitchell was a draftsman & painter going back to an early age. Mitchell often painted & drew his local environment around Meridian, MS where he grew up. From an early age his interest lay in modern art. He was well informed of the latest art trends having seen and read about them in art books and magazines. In 1942 Mitchell...

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