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Fan account of Joan Mitchell, an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. 1925-1992 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 1h

Plate (folio 16) from The Poems www.moma.org/collection/works/11567

Gift of Richard Miller

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 2h

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 21h

Blue Territory www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/bl…

Blue Territory

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 22h

Le Chemin des Ecoliers www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/le…

Le Chemin des Ecoliers

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Girolata Triptych www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/gi…

Girolata Triptych

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trees I collections.artsmia.org/art/105486

two separate sheets; abstract images; L image has lines and squiggles, with mainly vertical black lines at R of sheet with thick yellow horizontal zigzag-like marks behind; R image has heavy black marked areas at L of sheet with red thin arcs and lines at R; both sheets are black, yellow and red on white; framed together
A leading American painter and printmaker, Joan Mitchell was a contemporary of Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell among the artists of the so-called second generation of the Abstract Expressionists. She is widely regarded as one of the supreme colorists of that movement. Her lyrical abstractions are generally inspired by actual entities found in nature, such as fields, wooded landscapes, or studies of flowers. Commenting on Mitchell's work, art critic E.C. Goossen noted, "The Abstract Expressionist generation out of which she came was forever searching for abstract subject matter with transcendent implications, even though it professed to believe that art was its own message... But unlike those contemporary painters who 'discover' their subject in the process of painting, Mitchell works from an idea and builds on it." On this, critic Jed Perl remarked, "The best Mitchells are authentically civilized experiences. Our appetites are focused and clarified. Her colors are the beautiful colors of the world: tans of flesh and greens of landscape, but also the purple of the iris and the tawny yellow of the pear." A prolific printmaker, Mitchell produced more than 200 editioned prints during her lifetime, collaborating with master printers at some of the world's leading print workshops.

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No Rain www.moma.org/collection/works/79711

Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

La Chatiere www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/la…

La Chatiere

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tilleul www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/ti…

Tilleul

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Untitled www.moma.org/collection/works/156760

Committee on Drawings Funds

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Little Trip www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/li…

Little Trip

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tondo www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/to…

Tondo

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

City Landscape www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/ci…

City Landscape

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/un…

Untitled

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bracket www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/br…

Bracket

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In-text plate (folio 2) from Poems www.moma.org/collection/works/10613

Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sides of a River I www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mitche…

Presented by Tyler Graphics Ltd in honour of Pat Gilmour, Tate Print Department 1974-7, 2004

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My Landscape II www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/my…

My Landscape II

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ladybug www.moma.org/collection/works/79586

Purchase

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hemlock www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/he…

Hemlock

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Untitled

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Poems collections.artsmia.org/art/50068

Artist's book with eight color lithographs by Joan Mitchell and poetry by Nathan Kernan. Unbound in a pink paper wrapper from the artist's previously existing lithographs with blue printed title; housed in a burgundy cloth-covered portfolio box with pink handmade paper label and blue printed title.
Near the end of her life, Joan Mitchell was asked by legendary print publisher Ken Tyler to collaborate on a book project with the American poet and writer Nathan Kernan (born 1950). Enthusiastic about the idea, Mitchell responded with a series of eight brilliantly colored abstract illuminations. Her boldly gestural images are not literal illustrations of Kernan's poems, but instead complement the poet's vivid imagery.

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In-text plate (folio 11) from Poems www.moma.org/collection/works/10621

Gift of Tyler Graphics in memory of Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sides of a River II www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mitche…

Presented by Tyler Graphics Ltd in honour of Pat Gilmour, Tate Print Department 1974-7, 2004

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/un…

Untitled

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cover from The Poems www.moma.org/collection/works/11562

Gift of Richard Miller

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Poems www.moma.org/collection/works/11563

Gift of Richard Miller

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/un…

Untitled

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Girolata www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/gi…

Girolata

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Untitled www.moma.org/collection/works/79712

Gift of The Estate of Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Weeds www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/we…

Weeds

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

La Grande Vallée XVI, Pour Iva www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/la…

La Grande Vallée XVI, Pour Iva

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Unused preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings www.moma.org/collection/works/125412

Gift of the artist

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/ge…

George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Diabolo (neige et fleurs) www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/di…

Diabolo (neige et fleurs)

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trees III www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mitche…

Presented by Tyler Graphics Ltd in honour of Pat Gilmour, Tate Print Department 1974-7, 2004

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/un…

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Champs www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/ch…

Champs

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Low Water www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/lo…

Low Water

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Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/un…

Untitled

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

La Grande Vallée XVI, Pour Iva www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/la…

La Grande Vallée XVI, Pour Iva

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tilleul www.wikiart.org/en/joan-mitchell/ti…

Tilleul

Joan Mitchell @joanmitchell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trees I collections.artsmia.org/art/105486

two separate sheets; abstract images; L image has lines and squiggles, with mainly vertical black lines at R of sheet with thick yellow horizontal zigzag-like marks behind; R image has heavy black marked areas at L of sheet with red thin arcs and lines at R; both sheets are black, yellow and red on white; framed together
A leading American painter and printmaker, Joan Mitchell was a contemporary of Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell among the artists of the so-called second generation of the Abstract Expressionists. She is widely regarded as one of the supreme colorists of that movement. Her lyrical abstractions are generally inspired by actual entities found in nature, such as fields, wooded landscapes, or studies of flowers. Commenting on Mitchell's work, art critic E.C. Goossen noted, "The Abstract Expressionist generation out of which she came was forever searching for abstract subject matter with transcendent implications, even though it professed to believe that art was its own message... But unlike those contemporary painters who 'discover' their subject in the process of painting, Mitchell works from an idea and builds on it." On this, critic Jed Perl remarked, "The best Mitchells are authentically civilized experiences. Our appetites are focused and clarified. Her colors are the beautiful colors of the world: tans of flesh and greens of landscape, but also the purple of the iris and the tawny yellow of the pear." A prolific printmaker, Mitchell produced more than 200 editioned prints during her lifetime, collaborating with master printers at some of the world's leading print workshops.