Scott Allan

Bio

Scott Allan is curator in the Department of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Paintings, J. Paul Getty Museum Curator

    Stories

    1. Husband-and-Wife Companion Portraits Join the Getty Collection

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      painted portrait of a bearded man sitting on an armchair and next to it, a painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair sitting on an armchair

      Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin was renowned for his striking likenesses

      Oct 31, 2025

    2. The Real Woman Behind the Manet Painting

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      A colorful painting of a woman with a parasol and beautiful dress, next to a black and white portrait of a woman in a beautiful dress and ornate hat

      Curators delve into the identity of the model who posed for Spring

      Apr 10, 2024

    3. How Millet’s Man with a Hoe Survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

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      Man in white shirt and jeans leans against a hoe in a field

      Why the fate of this painting gripped the nation

      May 19, 2020

    4. Exhibition Manet and Modern Beauty Explores the Artist’s Last Years

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      A young woman wearing a floral dress and holding a a beige parasol stands in profile against a background full of greenery.

      Dismissed as frivolous and superficial, the late work of Édouard Manet reflects his evolving ambitions as a “painter of modern life”

      May 26, 2019

    5. Edouard Manet’s Spring Joins the Getty Museum Galleries

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      A young woman wearing a floral dress and holding a a beige parasol stands in profile against a background full of greenery.

      This portrait of Parisian actress Jeanne Demarsy injects a note of fashionable femininity into the Getty’s Impressionist galleries

      Nov 25, 2014