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Alfred Richard Mitchell

Alfred Richard Mitchell (1888 - 1972) was active/lived in California.  Alfred Mitchell is known for Landscape, coastal view and portrait painting.

Alfred Mitchell, born in York, Pennsylvania, became a painter of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism who settled in San Diego in 1908. His plein-air paintings provide an historical record of the growth of San Diego in the early 20th century.

Mitchell was an adventurous young man, who, as a teenager, went West to Nevada during the Gold Rush where he prospected for gold and drove a coach. Then he went to Southern California, and in 1913, began training at the San Diego Academy of Art. This was the city's oldest art school, and it had been founded by Maurice Braun, who regarded Mitchell as one of his most important pupils. He encouraged Mitchell to return to his native state and study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Enrolling there in 1916, Mitchell studied with Joseph Pearson, and New Hope Impressionists Daniel Garber and Edward Redfield. With these influences, his style turned from Braun's 'feminine' Impressionism toward the Pennsylvania school's stronger brush wor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3953 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Alfred Richard Mitchell in 3 of its research Essays. Alfred Richard Mitchell has 75 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Alfred Richard Mitchell available:    Jean Mannheim,  Elmer Wachtel,  Hanson Puthuff,  Jack Wilkinson Smith,  Franz Arthur Bischoff,  Granville Redmond,  Maurice Braun,  Arthur Grover Rider,  William Wendt,  Anna Althea Hills,  Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel,  Samuel Hyde Harris,  Benjamin Chambers Brown,  Paul Lauritz,  Charles Reiffel,  Charles Arthur Fries,  Alson Skinner Clark,  Arthur Hill Gilbert,  John Marshall Gamble,  Mary DeNeale Morgan,  Orrin Augustine White,  William (Wilhelm) Frederick Ritschel,  Thomas Hunt,  Percy (Henry Percy) Gray