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Lillie P. Bliss (eigentlich Lizzie Plummer Bliss) (* 11. April 1864 in Boston; † 12. März 1931 in New York City) war eine amerikanische Kunstsammlerin und Mäzenin. Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts zählte sie zu den führenden Sammlern moderner Kunst in New York. Sie gehörte zu den Leihgebern der richtungsweisenden Armory Show im ...
Lizzie Plummer Bliss (April 11, 1864 in Boston – March 12, 1931 in New York City), known as Lillie P. Bliss, was an American art collector and patron. At the beginning of the 20th century, she was one of the leading collectors of modern art in New York.
- • Art collector and patron, • Museum of Modern Art, • Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, • Lillie P. Bliss International Study Center
Lillie P. Bliss was an early collector and patron of French and American modernism who played an essential role in the 1929 founding of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The bequest of her collection in 1934 helped the museum build one of the most significant collections of early twentieth-century art in the world.
6. Juli 2017 · Lillie P. Bliss, the daughter of a wealthy textile merchant from Boston, didn’t conform to late-19th century expectations of women. Bliss never married, she owned her own shiny Pierce Arrow limousine (she loved cars), and she developed a voracious and discerning appetite for art.
Bliss, Lillie P. (1864–1931) Bonney, Thérèse (1894–1978) Chief Curator. Constantine, Mildred (1913–2008) Courter, Elodie (1911–1994) Crane, Josephine Boardman (1873–1972) Daniel, Greta (1909–1962) Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Dudley, Dorothy H. (1903–1979) Founders. Guggenheim, Olga Hirsch (1877–1970) Gund, Agnes (Born 1938)
A staunch advocate for modern art, Bliss had sought out the work of mostly late-19th-century French artists whose radical approaches to color, space, and form were controversial at the time. The bequest became the core of the MoMA collection.
Auch das berühmte „Museum of Modern Art“ hat einmal klein angefangen: Gründerinnen waren drei kunstsinnige New Yorkerinnen, Lillie P. Bliss, Mary Quinn und Abby Aldrich, die Ehefrau von John...
