Leonard Victor Mitchell
DUTCH LANDSCAPES & TOWNSCAPES
Leonard was awarded the Netherlands Government Art Fellowship by the Netherlands Institute for International Cultural Relations in 1959. He held his final New Zealand exhibition in September and departed in 1960 to take up his Fellowship in Holland. Len was delighted by Holland, the home of his hero Rembrandt.
The below paintings are some of Leonard’s European landscapes and townscapes currently held by the Mitchell family or sold through Mitchell Studios gallery.
A Distant View from the Bulb Fields, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1960, 50cm x 60cm. SOLD 2018 for $7,500.
Dutch Bulb Fields, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1960, 50cm x 60cm.
Dutch Farmer, oil on board, unsigned circa 1960, 60cm x 50cm.
Dutch Flower Farmer, oil on board, unsigned circa 1960, 50cm x 60cm.
Kinderdijk Windmills and Canals, oil on board, signed Leonard Victor Mitchell 1961, 27cm x 46cm.
Windmills and Blossoms at Kinderdijk, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard Victor Mitchell 1962, 36cm x 49cm.
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