Alfred Mitchell (1888-1972)
Alfred Mitchell was born in York Pennsylvania and spent his childhood in New Jersey. As a teenager he prospected for gold and drove a stage coach in Nevada. He settled in San Diego about 1909 and studied at the San Diego Academy of Art (1913) under Maurice Braun. In 1916 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for further training. After his academic training and a tour of Europe on a scholarship, in 1920 he returned to San Diego where he remained for the rest of his life. One of San Diego’s most renowned painters and teachers.
Exhibited: Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915 (silver medal); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Annual, 1920 (Bok prize),1927; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1923; California State Fair, 1930; San Diego Artists Guild, 1926 (prize); Wilmington, DE, 1920; California-Pacific International Exposition, 1935, 1936; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Buck Hill Art Association, 1939 (prize); Laguna Beach Art Association, 1940 (prize); San Diego Fine Arts Society; Chula Vista Artists Guild, 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize); San Diego County Fair, 1950 (prize), 1951 (prize); Fiesta Del Pacifico, 1956 (prize); La Jolla Art Center, 1956 (prize); San Diego Art Institute, 1956 (Award of Distinction), 1960 (first prize). Award: Cresson traveling scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1920.
Works held: University of Oregon Medical School; Van Nuys High School; San Diego Public Library; Reading Museum; San Diego Fine Arts Society; University Club, San Diego; YMCA & YWCA, San Diego; San Diego Museum of Man; Evening High School; Blanden Mem. Gal., Ft. Dodge, IA; Ohio Wesleyan University; Hahnemann medical Col., Philadelphia, PA; University of West Virginia.deeply influenced him. This philosophy of drawing and painting from life, and the study of human anatomy, gave him a solid foundation upon which he has achieved widespread acclaim.
Alfred Mitchell (1888-1972)
Cuyamaca Pines
16 x 20
Alfred Mitchell (1888-1972)
Cuyamaca Pines
16 x 20 -Framed 20 x 24
Artwork
Alfred Mitchell (1888-1972)
Cuyamaca Pines
16 x 20
