Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
Chicago, IL 60603-6110
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Museums page for Joan Mitchell ((1925 - 1992)), known for Abstract expressionist painting, modernist figure. Showing 23 museum collections and exhibitions.
Joan Mitchell MUSEUMS
1925 Chicago, Illinois - 1992 Paris, France. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, modernist figure.
A leading figure of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists in New York City, Joan Mitchell said that although her paintings seemed total abstractions, they were, in fact, "about a feeling... Read full biography
A leading figure of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists in New York City, Joan Mitchell said that although her paintings seemed total abstractions, they were, in fact, "about a feeling that comes to me from the outside, the landscape." . She distinguished herself from other Abstract... Read full biography
A leading figure of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists in New York City, Joan Mitchell said that although her paintings seemed total abstractions, they were, in fact, "about a feeling that comes to me from the outside, the landscape." . She distinguished herself from other Abstract Expressionists because she had a pre-established design, a single image, to anchor her painting rather than leaving the result to subconscious, totally emotion-based expression. Mitchell was born and... Read full biography
A leading figure of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists in New York City, Joan Mitchell said that although her paintings seemed total abstractions, they were, in fact, "about a feeling that comes to me from the outside, the landscape." . She distinguished herself from other Abstract Expressionists because she had a pre-established design, a single image, to anchor her painting rather than leaving the result to subconscious, totally emotion-based expression. Mitchell was born and raised in Chicago by parents who were wealthy and socially prominent. Her father was a successful doctor, and her mother a poet, and both supported her apparent early art talent. She attended Frances Parker School, a private high school whose faculty... Read full biography
A leading figure of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists in New York City, Joan Mitchell said that although her paintings seemed total abstractions, they were, in fact, "about a feeling that comes to me from the outside, the landscape." . She distinguished herself from other Abstract Expressionists because she had a pre-established design, a single image, to anchor her painting rather than leaving the result to subconscious, totally emotion-based expression. Mitchell was born and raised in Chicago by parents who were wealthy and socially prominent. Her father was a successful doctor, and her mother a poet, and both supported her apparent early art talent. She attended Frances Parker School, a private high school whose faculty encouraged her interest in painting. For two years, 1942 to 1944, she enrolled in Smith College but was unsettled because she wanted to fo... Read full biography
Joan Mitchell - Artist Info
About Joan Mitchell: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (23)
All MuseumsBirmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution: 7th Street & Independence Ave. Sw
Mail To: Po Box 37012/Hmsg Mrc 350
Washington, DC 20013-7012McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Minnesota Museum of American Art
350 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55101National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405The Empire State Plaza Art Collection
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12242The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM & PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014