GETTY ACQUIRES CEZANNE'S `STILL LIFE WITH APPLES'.Byline: Lori Moody mood·y adj. 1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental. 2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky. 3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood. Daily News Staff Writer The J. Paul Getty Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Biography Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business, he was one of the first people in the world with a Museum in Malibu has purchased a painting by French post-impressionist Paul Cezanne Noun 1. Paul Cezanne - French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906) Cezanne , which is described as the finest still life by the artist to have remained in private hands, museum officials said Thursday. ``Still Life With Apples,'' completed by Cezanne in Aix-en-Provence during the last major phase of the artist's career, was acquired from a private Swiss collection. The purchase price was not disclosed. ``I think it gives us a good balance, a representation of one of our most important painters,'' said David Jaffe, curator CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. of paintings. ``Every modern movement claims Cezanne as their inspiration.'' The Getty owns two earlier Cezanne paintings, ``Portrait of Anthony Valabreque'' and ``L'Eternal Feminin,'' and a watercolor ``Still Life with Blue Pot.'' ``Still Life with Apples'' (1893-94) is the first mature painting by Cezanne (1839-1906) in the museum's collection. The latest acquisition is on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art, established in 1875, chartered in 1876. When the city of Philadelphia planned to erect a building to house the Centennial Exposition of 1876, provision was made to keep the building permanently occupied; the Pennsylvania Museum and School for a traveling retrospective LAW, RETROSPECTIVE. A retrospective law is one that is to take effect, in point of time, before it was passed. 2. Whenever a law of this kind impairs the obligation of contracts, it is void. 3 Dall. 391. of Cezanne's work. The painting is expected to be on view in Malibu in late September. ``The longer you look at it, the more you get out of it,'' Jaffe said. The Cezanne is just the latest important acquisition for the museum. Last week, museum officials announced the purchase of Fra Bartolommeo's ``The Holy Family With the Infant St. John'' for $22.5 million from a private collection in Britain. That painting will be on loan to the National Gallery in London before coming to the Getty in January. |
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