Dennis Mitchell

Born 1912
Died 1993

Active: 1930 - 1986

Country of birth and death: England

Sculptor, teacher

Born Wealdstone, Middlesex. Worked in commercial art and as a tin-miner and fisherman while pursuing painting. From 1930, studied art at evening classes in Swansea, moved to St. Ives 1938. Assistant to Hepworth in St Ives from 1948. Founder member of Pebwith Society of Arts and Chairman 1955-57. Made first bronze sculptures 1959. Taught at Redruth School of Art 1960-67. First solo show in 1960s.

Commissions include; Piran for Teacher Training College, Clapham Common, London 1959.

Collections include: Tate Gallery; Arts Council; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; National Gallery of New South Wales.

Exhibitions include: AIA Gallery, London 1957 (solo); Drian Galleries, London 1958; Waddington Galleries, London 1961 (solo); Sculptors Today, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham 1962.

Further reading: Denis Mitchell, Selection of Sculptures and Reliefs, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 9 October – 1 November 1986, (exh. cat.).

Biography from from Whiteley (2001)

Citing this record

'Dennis Mitchell', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1280066922, accessed 26 Nov 2020]