biography of Mitchell FIELDS (1901-1966)
Birth place: Belcest, Rumania
Addresses: Staten Island, New York 14, NY
Profession: Sculptor
Studied: NAD; BAID.
Exhibited: MoMA; WMAA; BM; MMA; NAD; PAFA, 1932, 1936 (1930, gold medal); NIAL, 1957. Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1932, 1935; prizes, NAD, 1929, 1950; Watrous gold medal, NAD, 1949, 1955 and Proctor Prize, 1965; Tiffany Fnd. award, 1955.
Member: ANA; NSS.
Work: BM; Biro-Bidjan Mus., USSR; Gorki Literary Mus.; Park of Culture and Rest, Moscow; Mus. Western Art, Moscow
Comments: Taught and lectured on American sculpture, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1957-58. Author, chapter on the plastic arts, Assignment in Israel.
Sources: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.