#art, GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS SERIES

Well, as I have been doing since I started VALENCIARTIST, I will bring forth to you artists that have made history, are making it and will one day do so. But especially women artists that, although recently recognised, have not been given the same place in Art History as male artists. And this has to change as there are great women artists out there right now and I assure you there have always been. However, they didn’t tell you that in Art School, nor in the art magazines, museums, or catalogues. No, not even your grandmother told you. No one did, but I am going to tell you now and prove it to you…

For example, here you have Joan Mitchell. Did you know her? No? I didn’t think so, but today you are going to get to know a bit about her. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1925 and her work is associated with the North American Abstract Expressionist movement in art. She participated with the “School of New York” during the 1950’s. This was a group of artists, dancers, poets and musicians who during the 50’s and 60’s were active in New York and whose works were influenced by surrealism, poetry and jazz. (My kind of folk)… She attended some classes at the famous Chicago Art Institute. And after receiving a scholarship she left for Europe where she studied in France, Spain and Italy. By that time her work was completely dedicated to abstract art.

Although Mitchell began her career in New York, she relocated to France in 1959 and there she lived and developed her long list of successes in art. In 1982 she was given a solo exhibition at the Musee d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, making her the first North American woman toe ver have received such an honour.

Mitchell passed away on the 30th of October 1992 of cancer in Paris. She always remained faithful to the search within abstract art, from the 1950’s to 1992 when she died.

Here are some of her paintings…

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