琼·米切尔（Joan Mitchell，1925-1992）无惧尝试，她的作品具有无与伦比的美丽、力量和强烈情感。这本华丽的书讲述了一位***别的艺术大师的故事，揭示了她扩展抽象绘画的方式，并阐明了对她产生影响的跨大西洋背景。丰富的插图涵盖了她所有的艺术实践，从她创作的表现20世纪50年代早期纽约的杰出画作，到她职业生涯后期在法国创作的雄伟的多幅作品。在这本书中，标志性的作品与罕见的画作、纸上作品、艺术家的素描本以及米切尔的生活、社交圈和周围环境的照片都被放在一起展示。

A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her

Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled beauty, strength, and emotional intensity. This gorgeous book unfolds the story of an artistic master of the highest order, revealing the ways she expanded abstract painting and illuminating the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Lavish illustrations cover the full arc of her artistic practice, from her exceptional New York paintings of the early 1950s to the majestic multipanel compositions she made in France later in her career. Signature works are represented here along with rarely seen paintings, works on paper, artist’s sketchbooks, and photographs of Mitchell’s life, social circle, and surroundings.

Featuring scholarly texts, in-

depth essays, and artistic and literary responses, this book is organized in ten chronological chapters. Each chapter centers on a closely related suite of paintings, illuminating a shifting inner landscape colored by experience, sensation, memory, and a deep sense of place. Presenting groundbreaking research and a variety of perspectives on her art, life, and connections to poetry and music, this unprecedented volume is an essential reference for Mitchell’s admirers and those just discovering her work.