https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch Joan Mitchell Presentation en-us 2020-11-05 16:34:36 UTC 2023-04-11 11:20:43 UTC hello@padlet.com woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894748369 '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 ]]> 2020-11-05 16:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894748369 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894768578 Mexico. Cezanne was one of her Gods. Compare this to Cezanne's works of La Mont Sainte-Victoire]]> 2020-11-05 16:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894768578 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894781075 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. ]]> 2020-11-05 16:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894781075 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894806981 Mitchell's last figurative painting. ]]> 2020-11-05 16:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894806981 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894830477 91" x 80" - interplay of cool whites and horizontal strokes of greens.]]> 2020-11-05 16:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894830477 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894850294 inspired by a Linden tree in front of her home in Vetheuil, France.]]> 2020-11-05 16:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894850294 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894860933 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.]]> 2020-11-05 16:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894860933 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894885264 Huge, 20ft wide triptych, a magnificent example of her late work. She often used panels, as a compositional tool, like stanzas in a poem.]]> 2020-11-05 17:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894885264 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894998674 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.]]> 2020-11-05 17:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/894998674 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/895047304 The year Mitchell died.]]> 2020-11-05 17:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/895047304 woodlandvale2014 https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/895210237 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.]]> 2020-11-05 18:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/woodlandvale2014/khrr457u7tgrisch/wish/895210237