Denis Mitchell (1912-1993)

Biography

Denis Mitchell was an abstract sculptor who worked mainly in bronze, slate and wood. He moved to Cornwall in 1930, and for 10 years was Barbara Hepworth's principal assistant. By the early 1950s, Mitchell’s own work had made the transition from painting to carving, and he was playing a full part in the buoyant post-war St Ives art scene, being elected chairman of the Penwith Society in 1955. In 1959, he began to make abstract sculptures in bronze using a local sand-casting foundry.

Available works

Please see below the selection of available original artworks by Denis Mitchell.