Joan Mitchell’s Artwork

Joan Mitchell’s primary medium was oil paint on canvas, although she also created drawings and prints. Over the course of nearly five decades, she established a singular visual vocabulary rooted in gestural abstraction.

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This selection of over 500 artworks highlights the breadth and depth of Mitchell's creative practice across all decades and various media. Encompassing paintings, works on paper, prints, and sketchbooks, the selected works are held in public and private collections worldwide. Research on Joan Mitchell's work is ongoing, and details about artworks on this website are subject to change.

The catalogue raisonné of Mitchell's paintings is a separate project in preparation. Representation of works on this website does not indicate inclusion in the catalogue raisonné.