Cornelius Newton Bliss
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1833.1.26
Place of birth: Fall River, Mass
Date of death: 1911.10.9
Place of death: New York
Category: collector, merchant
Date of birth: 1833.1.26
Place of birth: Fall River, Mass
Date of death: 1911.10.9
Place of death: New York
Category: collector, merchant
Identity:
He married Elizabeth Mary Plummer in 1859. Their children were Lillie P. Bliss (1864-1931), one of the founders of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and of the financier Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (1875-1949).
Life:
He was a successful merchant (Bliss, Fabyan & Co. , wholesale dry-goods merchants), politician (Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President William McKinley) and art collector. He bought Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge y033 and presented it to the Addison Gallery of American Art in 1928.
Bibliography:
The Frick Collection, Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America, The Frick Collection.
'Cornelius Newton Bliss', Wikipedia.
