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MITCHELL, Hilda Pauline
- Born
- Manchester, England, ca 1880
- Died
- Edmonton, Alberta, 1950
- Biography synopsis
- Hilda Mitchell attended the Manchester Art School, where she studied drawing, focusing on the human form. She painted portraits as well as animals and mountain landscapes. As a member of the two major Alberta art associations, she exhibited extensively with the Edmonton Art Club (1926-49) as well as the Alberta Society of Artists. She also participated in an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery (1943) and the Edmonton Museums of Arts (1935 and 1944). Her works are held at the Art Gallery of Alberta and Provincial Archives of Alberta.
- Media used
- Painting
- Pen and Ink
- Watercolour
- Education
- Manchester School of Art
- Memberships
- Edmonton Art Club, 1925-1949
- Alberta Society of Artists, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1950
- File & Archive locations
- Provincial Archives of Alberta
- City of Edmonton Archives, AB
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Edmonton Art Club elects Executive." Edmonton Journal 20 Jan. 1945: 12
- “Art Club Member, Miss Mitchell Dies.” Edmonton Journal 28 May 1950
- “Miss Hilda Pauline Mitchell.” Edmonton Journal 27 May 1950
- Norbury, F.H. "Art Club Shows Fine Pictures at Exhibition." Edmonton 1936
- Norbury, F.H. “Fine Work by City Artists.” Edmonton Journal 17 Apr. 1933
- Norbury, F.H.. “Development of Native Art Noted in Competitive Classes.” Edmonton Journal 15 July 1930
- Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000
