Joseph Rishel

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


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