MITA CORSINI BLAND

Mita was born in New York and raised outside of Florence, Italy.  She attended Aiglon College in Switzerland, and graduated from Wheaton College Mass with a BA in Art History and minor in Anthropology.  Postgraduate, she completed Sotheby's Works of Art Course in London, after which she ran Sotheby's Islamic Art Department in New York.  After having her first child she decided to pursue painting, and took courses in watercolor at the National Academy of Design, Parsons. and the Art Student's League.

Since 1985, Mita has focused on painting interiors.  Her clients have included decorators Veere Grenney, Miles Redd, Alex Papachristidis, and Mario Buatta as well as private clients such as Michael Bloomberg.  For several years she did the illustrations for Bruschwig & Fils' wallpaper book. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines, House Beautiful, Town & Country.  She illustrated Sister Parish Design: on Decorating by Susan Crater and Libby Cameron (St. Martin’s Press, 2009).

Mita lives in New York with her husband, fine art and furniture dealer Gerald Bland.  Please contact Mita Corsini Bland directly for further information or commissions.