Jean Paul Slusser

[1] He briefly studied at the Hans Hofmann Schule in Munich in 1924 and 1925,[1] then returned to UM, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1927.

His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Illinois State Museum.

[6] In 1946, he was named the acting director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

[7] Of his work at UMMA, he said, "A University museum of art, is primarily a device for the furtherance of teaching.

Its function is to conserve and display the various art works belonging to the institution, and to supplement them with showings of other material pertinent to the work pursued in the courses dealing with the theory, practice and history of the visual arts.

[8] Slusser also bequeathed UMMA many pieces from his personal collection, including artwork by Marc Chagall,[9] Alberto Giacometti,[10] William Hogarth,[11] and Paul Cezanne.