Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter

One of America’s greatest painters, Joan Mitchell worked continuously from the 1950s until her death in 1992, cultivating an eloquent vocabulary of abstract gesture, color, and light. Her dynamic canvases communicate a formidable balance of absolute freedom and profound pictorial intelligence, becoming ever more alive and compelling the longer you look. Marion Cajori’s elliptical and intimate portrait allows us to hear from Mitchell herself about what inspired her, in work and in life.