Biography: Mitchell, Victor Leonard William

'Summer in the Mokauiti Valley'

Leonard Mitchell won the inaugural Kelliher Art Award in 1956 with 'Summer in the Mokauiti Valley', but his success proved controversial.

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Mark Stocker. 'Mitchell, Victor Leonard William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/742/summer-in-the-mokauiti-valley (accessed 4 June 2026).