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J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Center)
A white hilltop campus above Los Angeles holds Van Gogh's Irises, Monet, Rembrandt and a superb collection of illuminated medieval manuscripts. The gardens and the views over the city are part of the visit, and entry is free.
History of the museum
Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty opened a small museum in his ranch house in Malibu in 1954, then built a Roman-villa-style museum there in 1974. When he died in 1976 he left it a fortune, and the Getty Trust became one of the richest art institutions in the world. The new Getty Center, by architect Richard Meier, opened on a hilltop in Brentwood in 1997. The Malibu villa reopened in 2006 as the Getty Villa for classical antiquities.
Top pieces
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Irises Vincent van Gogh, 1889 -
Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning Claude Monet, 1891
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The Abduction of Europa Rembrandt, 1632 -
Portrait of a Halberdier Pontormo, 1530
In our gallery from here (14)
IrisesVincent van Gogh · 1889
SpringÉdouard Manet · 1881
The Abduction of EuropaRembrandt · 1632
La PromenadePierre-Auguste Renoir · 1870
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889James Ensor · 1888
Starry NightEdvard Munch · 1893
Portrait of a Halberdier, Francesco Guardi?Pontormo · 1529
SpringLawrence Alma-Tadema · 1894
Head of ChristAntonio da Correggio · 1521
Allegory of FortuneSalvator Rosa · 1658
The Farewell of Telemachus and EucharisJacques-Louis David · 1818
A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a BoyPieter de Hooch · 1661
Jeanne KéferFernand Khnopff · 1885
The SurpriseJean-Antoine Watteau · 1718