Joseph Rishel

American curator (1940–2020)

Joseph J. Rishel (May 15, 1940 – November 5, 2020) was a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a specialist in the art of Paul Cézanne.^[1]^[2]^[3] He retired in May 2016 and was a curator emeritus of European Painting.

He was married to Anne d'Harnoncourt, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, until her death in 2008.

Rishel was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.^[4]

Selected publications

Cézanne in Philadelphia collections. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1983. ISBN 978-0812211573
Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2012. (Contributor and editor) ISBN 978-0300179804

References

^ "Joe Rishel, curator of just about everything at Art Museum, retires, stops wearing tie". 14 May 2016.
^ Salisbury, Stephan (6 November 2020). "Joseph J. Rishel, legendary PMA curator of European art, dies at 80". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ Art, Philadelphia Museum of. "Philadelphia Museum of Art - About Us : Press Room : Press Releases : 2010".
^ "HWS: President's Medal - Joseph J. Rishel '62".

External links

Joseph J. Rishel talking about Vincent Van Gogh (03/09/12)
Joseph Rishel giving the talk "John Singer Sargent: Gas Painting" as part of a Symposium on 100th Anniversary of World War I (April 2014)