From 1955 to 1968, Joseph and Enid Bissett gave the AMAM twenty-four paintings and works on paper by canonical European artists including Picasso, Giacometti, Sisley, and Modigliani. The Bissetts, who made their fortune through the development of the Maidenform bra, were close personal friends of the artist Jean Dubuffet and his wife Lili, as evidenced by the letters displayed in the next case. Joseph and Enid Bissett gave much of their art collection to the AMAM on the advice of their nephew, J.R. Judson (OC 1948), who graduated from Oberlin College and went on to become an eminent historian of Dutch and Flemish art. The Bissetts’ generous gift greatly strengthened the museum’s holdings in the area of mid-twentieth-century European art. Learn more in the exhibition, “A Museum for Oberlin” on view until December 21. Image: Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)Reclining Nude, ca. 1925Pastel on flocked paperGift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, AMAM 1962.43

From 1955 to 1968, Joseph and Enid Bissett gave the AMAM twenty-four paintings and works on paper by canonical European artists including Picasso, Giacometti, Sisley, and Modigliani. The Bissetts, who made their fortune through the development of the Maidenform bra, were close personal friends of the artist Jean Dubuffet and his wife Lili, as evidenced by the letters displayed in the next case. Joseph and Enid Bissett gave much of their art collection to the AMAM on the advice of their nephew, J.R. Judson (OC 1948), who graduated from Oberlin College and went on to become an eminent historian of Dutch and Flemish art. The Bissetts’ generous gift greatly strengthened the museum’s holdings in the area of mid-twentieth-century European art.


Learn more in the exhibition, “A Museum for Oberlin” on view until December 21. 

Image:

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
Reclining Nude, ca. 1925
Pastel on flocked paper
Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, AMAM 1962.43

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