Background
Mitchell, Bruce was born on January 27, 1908 in Tayport, Scotland. Son of Charles Lewis and Agnes Mary (Baxter) Mitchell.
Mitchell, Bruce was born on January 27, 1908 in Tayport, Scotland. Son of Charles Lewis and Agnes Mary (Baxter) Mitchell.
Came to the United States, 1916, naturalized, 1942. Student Art Student’s League, New York City, 1929-1933.
Dehn. Paintings exhibited Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, international exhibitions, Chicago, Brooklyn. Participated exhibitions Carnegie Painting in American, Artists for Victory, American Watercolor, 200 years of America Art, Pennsylvania Academy, New York City, San Francisco world’s fairs. One-man shows Rehn Gallery, New York City, 1940, 42, 54, Associate American Artists, New York City, 1948.
Paintings in permanent collections Pentagon Collection, Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, also The Nelson Museum of Kansas City, Missoury, Duncan Philips Museum, U. Arizona, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Martello Museum Key West, Library of Congress.
Artist adviser University of Arizona Gallery Modern American Painting, 1943. Artist war correspondent Life magazine, 1943-1945.
Resident artist Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, since 1947. Visiting artist at Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan State College, New Orleans Academy of Art, Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, Norton Art School, West Palm Beach.
Member American Watercolor Society.
Married Olivia Dehn, January 16, 1937.