Fred Mitchell is included in the book New York School Abstract Expressionists. He was an important New York City artist in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Mitchell was born in Mississippi and was known as a gifted Abstract Expressionist painter. In 1943, Mitchell was drafted into the US Army. After the war, Mitchell attended Cranbrook Academy for two years where he further studied and practiced an advanced Modernist/Regionalist style of painting. After some travel around Europe, Mitchell settled in Rome for three years. There he met several American painters including Angelo Ippolito and John Heliker, who were older and working in a more advanced Expressionist painting style. This made a large influence on Mitchell's work. In 1951, Mitchell moved to New York City and became one of the first painters to open a painting studio in downtown Manhattan. Mitchell started an art school in the old Seaman's Church Institute in the seaport area along the East River known as Coenties Slip. Coenties Slip consisted of old, large, and cheap cold water lofts. During the ensuing years, other artists moved nearby including Ellsworth Kelly (introduced to the area by Mitchell in 1954), Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin, Jack Albert Youngerman and James Rosenquist. Mitchell's first New York solo show was at Tanager Gallery in 1952 with solo exhibitions also in 1954 and 1960. Over its 10 year history, Tanager Gallery showed most of the best painters and sculptors including older masters Philip Guston, Adolph Frederick Ad Reinhardt, Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, Philip Pavia and became an important platform for showing and introducing many new artists including early showings by Jasper Johns, Milton Ernest Robert Rauschenberg, Tom Wesselmann, Alex Katz, Philip Pearlstein, Bill King, Helen Frankenthaler, Norman Bluhm and many others. In 1954, Mitchell's oil painting, Black White and Red, was included in the landmark Guggenheim Museum show, 'Younger American Painters'. Curated by James Johnson Sweeney, the exhibition traveled to the Dallas Museum of Art and Detroit Museum. In 1953 and 1954, Mitchell was included in the prestigious, 'Stable Gallery Annual Exhibition'. In 1955, Mitchell returned to Cranbrook Academy to teach for several years while also exhibiting in New York and Cleveland as well as traveling back to Positano, Italy. During the mid to late 50s, Mitchell exhibited at Howard Wise Gallery in Cleveland. Wise opened a second gallery in 1960 in New York City, and Mitchell had two solo shows there.
$4,500
"Mosaic Study, Rome" 1949 by Fred Mitchell NY Abstract Expressionist Watercolor
By Fred Mitchell
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: Painted in Rome when Mitchell was just 26, this work reveals an artist already exploring the expressive possibilities of color, gesture, and spatial relationships. B...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.75 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Untitled', c. 1990's by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 29.75 in W 22 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.5 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.5 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for form', C. 2007 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 19.75 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.25 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30.25 in W 22.5 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2022 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30.5 in W 22.5 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2022 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
$450
H 30.25 in W 22.5 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Spirit', 1992 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.5 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space', C. 1998 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.75 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$500
H 41.25 in W 24.25 in
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1994 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 29 in W 24 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 30 in W 22.75 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
$450
H 22 in W 15 in
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 8.5 in W 10.75 in
"Untitled", Small Multicolor Abstract, Oil on Canvas, Signed By the Artist
By Fred Mitchell
Located in Detroit, MI
This small multicolor abstract is an exemplar work of America's most unique artistic movement, Abstract Expressionism, by one of its pioneers Fred Mitchell. This vibrantly colorful landscape is oil on canvas and exhibits the depth of creativity in Mitchell's work. The painting is signed by the artist with a verified signature. This work has been framed in an original handmade wood frame. Fred Mitchell was born in 1923 in Meridian, Mississippi. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University, then finished his studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he earned his MFA. He continued his studies concurrently at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Instituto Meschini in Rome, Italy. On a Pepsi Cola cash award he funded his trip to Rome where he would be influenced by fellow painters John Heliker, Afro (Basadella), and Philip Guston. He eventually became part of the New York scene where Abstract Expressionism was breaking out, joining the "Downtown Group" and then organizing the Tanager Gallery with Angelo Ippolito, Lois Dodd, Charles Cajori and William King. He passed away in 2013. For much of his life Fred Mitchell would spend it teaching art at a number of schools which included the Neighborhood House, Finch College, Positano Art...
Canvas, Oil