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.

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