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Her partner of 24 years, Jean-Paul Riopelle, left her this year. This is her response, a huge 4 panel canvas.  'Rose' was his nickname for her, also the title of the Edith Piaf song.

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The year Mitchell died.

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Responding to Van Gogh's Wheatfield with Crows, which she saw as a suicide note.  This is her homage to Van Gogh. Van Gogh - along with Cezanne, Matisse, de Kooning - was one of her Gods.

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Huge, 20ft wide triptych, a magnificent example of her late work. She often used panels, as a compositional tool, like stanzas in a poem.

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La Grande Vallee (For a Little While) 1983

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La Grande Vallee (For a Little While) 1983

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A lush and poetic environment, La Grande Vallee refers to a secret place, or private haven. Dealing with Mitchell's grief after the deaths of her sister , and a good friend.

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La Grande Vallee (For a little while) 1983

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inspired by a Linden tree in front of her home in Vetheuil, France.

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91" x 80" - interplay of cool whites and horizontal strokes of greens.

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Mitchell's last figurative painting.

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De Kooning had a profound influence on her work.  She first saw his work at the Whitney Museum in 1949.  This freed her up from her rigorous art school training.  This painting marks that turning point, to a greater freedom and expressiveness.

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Mexico. Cezanne was one of her Gods. Compare this to Cezanne's works of La Mont Sainte-Victoire

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Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter, 1925 - 1992

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Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter, 1925 - 1992

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'Lady Painter' was Mitchell's own joke name for herself! ... Her mother had been called a 'lady poet'. She became a Leading Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker, in a world where women were regarded as just not the same as their male counterparts. Galleries were even warned not to take on women, as they'd 'only get pregnant'.  Told by her father 'ART? but you can't draw!'. Undeterred, she devoted the next 55 yrs of her life to art