Background
Mitchell, Wallace Macmahon was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur and Edith (MacMahon) Mitchell.
Mitchell, Wallace Macmahon was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur and Edith (MacMahon) Mitchell.
Student Hamilton College, 1931-1933. Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 1934. Student Cranbrook Academy Art, 1935.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1936.
Instructor drawing and painting Cranbrook Academy Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1936-1954, secretary, registrar, 1944-1956, director galleries, 1954-1971, president, 1970-1977. One-man exhibitions Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York City, 1950, 57, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1954. Cranbrook Academy Art, 1947, 53, 71, 77, Detroit Artists Market, 1939, 56, Illinois Institute Technology, 1963, Flint (Michigan) Institute Arts, 1971.
Paintings in permanent collections Detroit Institute Arts, Cranbrook Academy Art, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Kalamazoo Art Center, mural General Motors Technology Center, U. Kentucky Medical Center.
Home: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Married Virginia Mills, 1941 (divorced). Married second, Mary Stringer, March 22, 1956. Children: Dinah, Jeffrey.