Joan Mitchell’s City Landscape | Art Institute Essentials Tour

On this episode of Art Institute Essentials Tour, take a closer look at City Landscape, painted by Joan Mitchell in 1955.

“I paint a little, then I sit and look at the painting, sometimes for hours. Eventually, the painting tells me what to do.” In City Landscape, a tangle of various colors—pale pink, scarlet, mustard, sienna, and black—evokes the streets of a bustling metropolis. The spontaneous energy conveyed in the composition is at odds with Mitchell’s slow and deliberate process.

Keep reading and learn more about City Landscape on our artwork page: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/86385/city-landscape