Leonard Victor Mitchell
NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES & TOWNSCAPES
In 1956 Leonard won the inaugural Kelliher Prize with his oil painting Summer in the Mokauiti Valley. His entry for the second year of the competition was The Road to Ngawi, Cape Palliser, Wairarapa (depicted here). In the third year of the competition Len was again awarded the Kelliher Prize for Stormlight & Snow, Ruahine Mountains (1958) which is now part of the the National Collection, Te Papa Tongarewa.
The below paintings are some of Leonard’s New Zealand landscapes and townscapes currently held by the Mitchell family or sold through Mitchell Studios gallery.
Orongorongo Hills, Wairarapa, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1958, 51cm x 61cm.
King Country Landscape, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 36cm x 50cm. SOLD 2018 for $3,750.
Wharekauhau Station, Wairarapa, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 47cm x 58cm.
River Bed Palliser Bay, Orongorongo Mountains, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 38cm x 49cm.
Autumn Leaves, Clutha Valley, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 40cm x 50cm.
Blossom Tree with Chickens, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 40cm x 50cm. SOLD 2018 for $7,000.
Hill Farm with Beehives, North Island, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 36cm x 46cm.
Snowfield Ruahine, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 57cm x 69cm.
Snow Patterns Ruahine, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 51cm x 61cm. SOLD 2018 for $6,000. Kelliher Art Trust Collection.
Floating Dock, Wellington Harbour, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 51cm x 61cm. The floating dock was installed after being towed from a UK shipyard in 1931. In 1988 tug boats undertook to shift the dock prior to it being moved overseas. Tragically, the dock broke in half and sank.
Rangitikei Farmland, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 45cm x 66cm.
Country Road Otaki Forks, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 50cm x 60cm. SOLD 2018 for $6,500.
Bridge over the Avon, Christchurch, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard Victor Mitchell 1960, 30cm x 40cm. SOLD 2024 for $4,200.
Children in Meadow, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 31cm x 35cm.
Sunrise in the Rimutakas with Magpie, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 63cm x 75cm.
Nugent Welch, Yellow Sunset, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 59cm x 69cm.
Wetlands and Mountains, South Island, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 35cm x 45cm.
Bay of Islands Seascape with Nikaus, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 61cm x 76cm.
Autumn River Scene, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1959, 40cm x 50cm.
Afternoon Light, Coal Creek, Pohangina, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 51cm x 61cm. SOLD 2021 for $5,500.
Rangitikei Valley, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 59cm x 68cm.
Sheep in the Trees, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 31cm x 23cm.
Fishing at Cape Palliser, oil on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 40cm x 61cm.
Crofton Downs, oil on board, signed Mitchell 1948, 21cm x 36cm.
Landscape with Horse and Plough, oil on board, signed Leonard Mitchell 1959, 41cm x 51cm.
Trampers in the Southern Alps, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 43cm x 53cm.
Sunset Lake Te Anau, oil on canvas on board, signed Leonard V Mitchell 1960, 31cm x 41cm.
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