Solo show
Joan Mitchell
4 Sep 2021 — 17 Jan 2022 at Baltimore Museum of Art
· Baltimore
This major retrospective brings together the work of Joan Mitchell, one of the most celebrated painters of the Abstract Expressionist generation. Presented jointly at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Baltimore Museum of Art, the exhibition spans the 2021/22 season and offers a sweeping survey of Mitchell's career — from her early gestural canvases to her monumental late works. Mitchell's paintings are renowned for their emotional intensity, vibrant color, and dynamic brushwork, drawing on memory, landscape, and lived experience. This long-overdue retrospective affirms her place as a towering figure in postwar American and international art.
About the artist
Joan Mitchell
1925–1992 · abstract expressionism
Joan Mitchell was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artists in the 1950s. A native of Chicago, she is associated with the American abstract expressionist…
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Baltimore Museum of Art
· Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is an art museum in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1914, the BMA's collection of 95,000 objects encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of modern art, as well as one of the nation's finest holdings of…