Portrait of J. Paul Getty, 1941, Armando Drechsler. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Copyright: Status undetermined

J. Paul Getty as Art Collector

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Harold M. Williams Auditorium



Forty years after the death of J. Paul Getty, current and former Getty Museum curators speak about various aspects of his art collecting, and how his legacy impacts the Museum's collections today. Speakers include Davide Gasparotto and Anne Woollett, curators of paintings; Charissa Bremer-David, curator of sculpture and decorative arts; Kenneth Lapatin, curator of antiquities, and Burton Fredericksen, former chief curator, who worked directly with Mr. Getty.

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