The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the Miraculous Survival of Millet’s Man with a Hoe
Why the fate of this painting gripped the nation
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All Posts by Scott Allan
I’m associate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
The Women Behind Édouard Manet’s Seasons
Who are the mysterious women behind Manet’s most famous portraits?
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Exhibition Manet and Modern Beauty Explores the Artist’s Last Years
A new exhibition focuses on Manet as a painter of modern life.
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Édouard Manet’s Spring Joins the Getty Museum Galleries
For Manet, fashion and the femininity were metaphors for the skilled artifice of painting itself.
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A “French ‘Mona Lisa’” Comes to L.A.: Manet’s “Portrait of Madame Brunet”
The Getty Museum's most recent addition to the paintings collection.
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