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1925
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Born on February 12 in Chicago, Illinois to James Herbert Mitchell and Marion Strobel Mitchell.
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1942-1944
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Attended Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts, studying English literature. Visited Oxbow art colony in Saugatuck, Michigan in the summers of 1942 and 1943.
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1944-1947
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Transferred to The Art Institute of Chicago and received her B.F.A.
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1947
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Moved to New York and began exhibiting alongside other New York School artists. She attended Hans Hofmann's classes and was particularly influenced by the de Kooning's gestural approach to painting.
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1948
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Traveling fellowship to France, Italy and Spain.
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1949
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Married Barney Rosset on September 10 while in France.
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1950
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Received her M.F.A. from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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1951
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Studied French at New York University and art history at Columbia University.
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1952
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Mitchell and Rosset get divorced.
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1959
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Moved to Paris, France.
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1968
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Moved to a country house in Vétheuil, near Paris, France.
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1982
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First American woman to have a solo exhibit at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
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1988
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First retrospective exhibition, organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
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1992
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Died on October 30, 1992 in Paris.
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2002
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Major New York retrospective at the Whitney Museum of Art.
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