An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell is inspired by grizzled... Read full biography
An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell is inspired by grizzled laborers, time-worn elderly faces, and persons like himself who have lived in a segregated environment.... Read full biography
An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell is inspired by grizzled laborers, time-worn elderly faces, and persons like himself who have lived in a segregated environment. His career hit an upswing 2002 when art critic Michael Kimmelman wrote in The New York Times that Mitchell was 'a virtual modern-day Vermeer'. Dean Mitchell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but... Read full biography
An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell is inspired by grizzled laborers, time-worn elderly faces, and persons like himself who have lived in a segregated environment. His career hit an upswing 2002 when art critic Michael Kimmelman wrote in The New York Times that Mitchell was 'a virtual modern-day Vermeer'. Dean Mitchell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in Quincy, Florida, a tobacco growing town. His mother, Hazel, was unmarried and worked as a dietician, and he was basically raised by his grandmother who encouraged his art talent and who bought him paints from the time he was a child.... Read full biography
An award-winning painter of figures depicting black middle and lower class people and landscapes from his southern background and other personal experiences, Dean Mitchell is inspired by grizzled laborers, time-worn elderly faces, and persons like himself who have lived in a segregated environment. His career hit an upswing 2002 when art critic Michael Kimmelman wrote in The New York Times that Mitchell was 'a virtual modern-day Vermeer'. Dean Mitchell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in Quincy, Florida, a tobacco growing town. His mother, Hazel, was unmarried and worked as a dietician, and he was basically raised by his grandmother who encouraged his art talent and who bought him paints from the time he was a child. Although his mother was hesitant about supporting his talent at first, she has become "his biggest fan". (Targos). He got his formal art... Read full biography
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About Dean Lamont Mitchell: Books
Books & Publications (21)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The West Select (Phoenix Art Museum) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Editor, Men's Arts Council, Phoenix Art Museum
94 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
The Watercolors of Dean Mitchell Beauty in the Real
2004
120 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Great American Artists Exhibition Exhibition and Sale (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Editor
67 pages (color)
Expressing the Visual Language of the Landscape Painting the Subtle Nuances
2002
King, Jennifer (editor)
128 pages (color)
Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Editor, Cincinnati Bell
79 pages (color)
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001
Editors, Art of the West
88 pages (color)
Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Editor, Cincinnati Bell
78 pages (color)
Art from the Parks
2000
Wolf, Rachel Rubin
144 pages (color)
The Art of Dean Mitchell: The Early Years
1999
Dickinson, Carol; Anne Ake
123 pages (color)
American Watercolor Society 131st Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Editors
59 pages (color)
Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Cincinnati Museum Center
82 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
The Best of Oil Painting
1996
Nicholas, Tom and John C Terlak (Jury)
144 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Artists of America Thirteenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)