Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976

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role

Collector

dates

1892-1976

city

Malibu

state

CA

other cities

Minneapolis, MO; London, United Kingdom;

sex

M

historical notes

Jean Paul Getty was a collector and patron who inherited George F. Getty, Inc. oil business (reorganized in 1956 as the Getty Oil Company).

Getty collected European paintings, furniture, Greek and Roman sculptures, 18th-century tapestries, silver, and fine Persian carpets, including the 16th-century Ardabil carpet from Tabriz. He housed his collection at Sutton Place and at his ranch house at Malibu, California, one wing of which he opened as the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1954.

Getty left California for good in 1951, leaving a Malibu estate, purchased in 1946, for the display of his art collection.

Getty was married five times: to Jeannette Dumont (1923), Allene Ashby (1925), Adolphine Helmle (1928), Ann Rork (1932), and Louisa Lynch (1939); each marriage ended in divorce.

decades
of activity

1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	J. Paul Getty collected papers, 1892-1992.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Ethel Le Vane Correspondence with Bernard Berenson, 1952-1960.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	French & Company records, 1911-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Bernard Berenson letters received from J. Paul Getty, 1952 Oct. 2-1956 April 14.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Collected papers for biography of J. Paul Getty, 1957-1973, undated (bulk 1957-1973)	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers about J. Paul Getty, 1934-1943.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Art and Real Estate Holding Companies records, 1939-1982, undated, bulk 1960-1982.	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	Papers of Armand Hammer, circa 1508-1989.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Miscellaneous papers relating to J. Paul Getty, ca. 1914-1983.	see details...
Columbia University Libraries Butler Library, 6th Fl. East,	Reminiscences of Jean Paul Getty : oral history, 1974.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Administration records, 1950-1986, undated	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Assorted building plans, 1941-1967, undated.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Photographs of San Francisco 1888, 1890, 1905-1906	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Norman Neuerburg papers regarding Getty Villa design and construction, 1966-1987, bulk 1970-1975.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Collected photographs and postcards of Los Angeles, ca. 1857-1940.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Ranch House records, 1921, 1945-1954, 1975-1976, 1980s, 1999-2007, undated.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Records, 1953-2000	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Villa construction records, 1960, 1964, 1968-1986, undated, (bulk 1971-1974)	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Yousuff Karsh portrait photographs of J. Paul Getty and Otto Wittmann, 1964	see details...
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives)	see details...