An interesting article from the Polk County News a few years back about a local artist who passed away last year. When Life Magazine in their Dec. 2, 1957 issue typified Sue Mitchell as a “Modern Heir” of the “Old Masters” the focus on this remarkable artist put her in the spotlight for decades. Born in the Copper Basin in 1922, Sue Mitchell attended the local schools and graduated from Agnes Scott College before heading off to New York to build her art career. Sue lived and painted in Greenwich Village on Charles Street for 10 years. She classified her work as Abstract Impressionism and included many well known Galleries, such as the Bodley, the Kootz and the Brooklyn, as some of the galleries that showcased her work. When The New Arts Gallery in Atlanta held an exhibit of Sue’s work in the late 50s, Doris Lockerman commented in The Atlanta Journal: Sue’s landscapes are “loud with the whoosh of strong wind, they are big, shouting canvasses… most of them have a quite discernible pattern and there is a great rhythm in their assertive strength”. Love for her homestead moved Sue Mitchell back to the Basin in Copperhill. Her love for art is still her passion, but she is currently focused on maintaining the rich mining history of the area. T.A Mitchell, Sue’s father, came to the Basin in 1913 and later became President of the Tennessee Copper Company.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:22:57 +0000
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