Victoria Kastner: William Randolph Hearst and J. Paul Getty: Collectors of Antiquities
Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
16 October 2010
Years before he became a collector of ancient art, J. Paul Getty visited William Randolph Hearst at his San Simeon estate. Hearst Castle historian Victoria Kastner explores the relationship between these two iconic California collectors, paying particular attention to Hearst’s collection of antiquities and the influence San Simeon may have exerted on Getty’s taste for Classical art and architecture.(…more at Getty website…)