Joseph Rishel Explained

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.
• Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2012. (Contributor and editor)

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joe Rishel, curator of just about everything at Art Museum, retires, stops wearing tie. 14 May 2016 .
2. News: Salisbury . Stephan . Joseph J. Rishel, legendary PMA curator of European art, dies at 80 . 7 November 2020 . Philadelphia Inquirer . 6 November 2020.
3. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - About Us : Press Room : Press Releases : 2010. Philadelphia Museum of. Art.
4. Web site: HWS: President's Medal - Joseph J. Rishel '62. 2016-05-18. 2016-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531041824/http://www.hws.edu/about/presidentsmedal/rishel.aspx. dead.