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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.
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.
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.
It found particular traction among three women: Lillie P. Bliss, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and Mary Quinn Sullivan. In 1936 Rockefeller recalled the formation of the Museum: "I began to think of women whom I knew in New York City, who cared deeply for beauty and who bought pictures, women who would be willing, and had faith enough, to help ...
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.
Das berühmte "Museum of Modern Art" wurde von den drei New Yorkerinnen, Lillie P. Bliss, Mary Quinn und Abby Aldrich gegründet. Die drei Mäzeninnen träumten von einem völlig neuen ...
