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Fields, Mitchell was born on September 28, 1901 in Belcest, Rumania. Son of Marcu and Toba (Felderman) Fields.
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Mitchell Fields
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Mitchell Fields, Romanian sculptor. Awarded Helen Foster Barnett prize, National Academy, 1929, Widener gold medal, Pennsylvania Academy, 1930; Guggenheim fellow 1932, 35; National Academy Watrous Gold Medal, 1949, 55; Thomas R. Proctor Award, 1951; Tiffany Foundation fellow, 55, 56; T. R. Proctor prize for bust of Theodore Dreiser, 1965. Associate National Academy of Design, 1945. Member National Sculpture Society.
Education
Brought to the United States, 1907. Student, National Academy, and Beaux Arts Institute, New York City, 1917-1927.
Career
One-man shows, Brooklyn Museum, 1934, Museum Modern Western Art, 1936. Exhibited, Whitney Museum, Modern Museum. Metropolitan Museum, 1939 World’s Fair (New York City).
Representative in Brooklyn Museum, Museum Modern Western Art, Wilfred Israel Museum, Hazorea, Israel, also Birobajan Museum, Gorki Literature Museum, Park of Culture and Rest, Moscow, Russia, private collections.
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Membership
Member National Sculpture Society.
Connections
Married Beatrice Meyers, December 4, 1936. Children: Michael, Nancy.
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Awarded Helen Foster Barnett prize, National Academy, 1929, Widener gold medal, Pennsylvania Academy, 1930. Guggenheim fellow 1932, 35. National Academy Watrous Gold Medal, 1949, 55.tempSpaceThomas R. Proctor Award, 1951. Tiffany Foundation fellow, 55, 56. T. R. Proctor prize for bust of Theodore Dreiser, 1965.tempSpaceAssociate National Academy of Design, 1945.Awarded Helen Foster Barnett prize, National Academy, 1929, Widener gold medal, Pennsylvania Academy, 1930. Guggenheim fellow 1932, 35. National Academy Watrous Gold Medal, 1949, 55.tempSpaceThomas R. Proctor Award, 1951.
Tiffany Foundation fellow, 55, 56. T. R. Proctor prize for bust of Theodore Dreiser, 1965.tempSpaceAssociate National Academy of Design, 1945.