With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Clifford Mitchell
Architecture/Design, Painting/Drawing
1925 – 2005
- Biography/Description of Work
Clifford Mitchell, an African-American architect and artist who was born in Alabama, spent most of his life in Hartford and West Hartford. He graduated from Tuskegee Institute in 1949 and cum laude from Hartford Art School in 1958 and began winning prizes at regional art exhibitions in 1959. He had at least 15 one-man shows over the course of his career, and continued to win awards and exhibit at national and regional shows. He was one of the first black men in Connecticut to become a registered architect and was responsible for the design, production, and management of architectural projects including the University of Hartford Residential Campus, the School of Engineering Building for the University of Connecticut, and Berol Corporation Office Building in Danbury. His art work is in many public, private and corporate collections in Connecticut and across the country, including those of The New Britain Museum of American Art, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center and the Mattatuck Museum.
- Sources view
- Connecticut Historical Society. http://emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/view/objects/asimages/355?t:state:flow=774d2706-e4c4-44d6-975b-78476aa50383
- Associated Resource(s)
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