| Corinne Mitchell | |
| Birth Name: | Corinne Mildred Howard |
| Birth Place: | Baskerville, Virginia |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | St Paul’s College, Virginia State College, George Washington University |
| Field: | Artist, Educator |
Corinne Mitchell (1914-1993) was an American painter and educator. She was the first African American to have a solo exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1]
Mitchell née Howard was born on March 10, 1914, in Baskerville, Virginia, the eleventh of eighteen children.[2] She attended St Paul's College earning an associate degree in 1935, Virginia State College earning a B.A in 1951, and George Washington University earning an MA in 1965.[3]
In 1938 she married William E. Mitchell. The couple located in Washington, D.C. in 1956. Mitchell went on to teach at Montgomery County Schools until 1982.[4] Through her civil rights activities Mitchell was acquainted with fellow Washington-area artists Loïs Mailou Jones, Delilah Pierce, and Alma Thomas.[5]
In 1992 the National Museum of Women in the Arts held a solo exhibition Glimpse of Joy, which was NMWA's first solo exhibition of an African American woman's art.[5] In 1993 the Charles Sumner School held a retrospective show of 29 of her paintings.[2] Her work is in The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, South Carolina.[6]
Mitchell died April 21, 1993, in Washington, D.C.[2]