Casey Lee

Bio

Casey is the curatorial assistant in the Drawings Department at the Getty Museum, researching and cataloging the collection of Western European drawings. She completed her undergraduate degree at UC Riverside, and graduate degrees in Art History at Queen’s University. Her research interests include the history of collecting, and 17th-century Dutch art.

Drawings, J. Paul Getty Museum Curatorial Assistant

Stories

  1. Dragonflies and Drought

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    Drawing of three dragonflies, with all wings and body parts clearly visible, and handwriting along the bottom of the page

    A 17th-century drawing records the migration of a dragonfly swarm and the weather conditions that might have triggered it

    Jul 24, 2024

  2. Discovering the Name of a 19th-Century Model in Paris

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    A charcoal sketch of an old man seated on a cushion.

    Who is this mysterious model?

    Dec 1, 2022

  3. The Tastemakers of 19th-Century England

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    Pencil drawing of woman sleeping on a chair. Her big dress poofs around her

    How three works in Getty’s collection tell the story of a collector and his friends

    Jun 10, 2021

  4. Art, Pride, and the Rainbow Flag

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    Rainbow flag against a blue sky

    In celebration of Pride, we draw on Getty’s collections to highlight inclusion and humanity

    Jun 8, 2020