Paintings

News and stories about paintings in Getty's collections and exhibitions

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

    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. Getty Strengthens its Collection with New Acquisitions

    Silhouette of a child jumping off a structure with a light background.

    Recent additions bolster Getty’s holdings of antiquities, drawings, sculptures, and photographs

    Oct 27, 2025

  3. Recipe for Success

    Three people pull a plastic sheet away from an unstretched canvas painting laid on a table.

    Scientists and conservators are using a Getty grant to reinvent a crucial art conservation material

    Oct 22, 2025

  4. Who Was the Original Master of Gore?

    A black and white photograph of a man with slicked back hair, wearing a suit and smoking, with a large bat shadow behind him

    This Spanish painter’s later works were extremely dark

    Oct 15, 2025

  5. Unconventional Animals Lurking in the Getty Collection

    A lion bites savagely into the back of an onager—an Asian wild ass—that lies on the ground.

    Tigers, lions, and camels galore!

    Aug 26, 2025

  6. The Woman Who Painted Marie-Antoinette

    painting of a woman wearing a purple dress and straw hat with a large feather and flowers, holding a paintbrush and palette in her arm

    How the partnership between Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and the queen of France began as an exhilarating adventure and ended in tragedy

    Jul 31, 2025

  7. A Groundbreaking Monograph Illuminating a Forgotten Baroque Master

    Book cover featuring painting of a woman wearing a crown holding a child.

    This volume positions Josefa de Óbidos as part of a broader legacy of early modern women artists

    Jul 24, 2025

  8. Getty à la mode

    A medieval illumination of lords and ladies in a hall. The women wear tall pointed princess hats.

    ¿Qué estilos han quedado plasmados en las colecciones de Getty? Cinco curadoras eligen sus piezas favoritas, desde la Antigüedad hasta el siglo XVIII

    Jul 23, 2025

  9. Getty à la Mode

    A medieval illumination of lords and ladies in a hall. The women wear tall pointed princess hats.

    What fashion trends are captured in Getty’s collections? Five curators choose favorites from antiquity through the 18th century

    Jul 23, 2025

  10. María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Extreme Weather

    A watercolor painting of blue, geometric patterns shows a large blue seal swimming underwater, surrounded by small human figures and fish.

    A Getty graduate intern visits the galleries to reflect on the connections between identity, displacement, and climate

    Jul 10, 2025