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Birth
1926 (Chicago, Illinois)
Death
1992 (Paris, France)
Lived/Active
New York / France
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abstract expression, mod figure
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Categories of Interest
Abstract Expressionism
Modernism
Women Artists
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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.
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