![]() ![]() Mitchell was one of her era's few female painters to gain critical and public acclaim. Memories of landscapes inspired her compositions she famously told art critic Irving Sandler, "I carry my landscapes around with me." Her later work was informed and constrained by her declining health. ![]() Mitchell's emotionally intense style and its gestural brushwork were influenced by nineteenth-century post-impressionist painters, particularly Henri Matisse. A native of Chicago, she is associated with the American abstract expressionist movement, even though she lived in France for much of her career. She was an active participant in the New York School of artists in the 1950s. Joan Mitchell (Febru– October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. ![]()
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