J Paul Getty Trust
Getty died in 1976 he left most of his property including nearly 660 million worth of stock in getty oil to the j.
J paul getty trust. Trust charts the teenage grandson s nightmare ordeal at the hands of. Through conservation work publications exhibitions grant initiatives training programs and other efforts we work to make a lasting difference in conservation practice and art historical research and to promote knowledge and appreciation of art among audiences of all ages. Visit our los angeles museums and library interact with art and access free research tools. December 15 1892 june 6 1976 known widely as j.
At his death he was worth more than 2 billion. Paul getty trust is the world s largest cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. Created by simon beaufoy. Paul getty museum trust legal conflicts over the will took years to.
Paul getty started the j. Paul getty was an american born british petrol industrialist and the patriarch of the getty family he founded the getty oil company and in 1957 fortune magazine named him the richest living american while the 1966 guinness book of records named him as the world s richest private citizen worth an. Michael esper is lost in a daze in london and refuses to answer the phone. Paul getty reportedly had as many live in girlfriends as fx s trust claims the billionaire reportedly took sex drugs into his 80s kept a small black book of conquests and encouraged.
Jean paul getty ˈ ɡ ɛ t i. With harris dickinson donald sutherland hilary swank luca marinelli. John paul getty iii the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons saga is kidnapped by the italian mafia in order to get a ransom. He had more than 2 billion when he died.
Paul getty museum trust was established by oilman j. At the start of the first episode of trust the new fx drama centered around the 1973 kidnapping of john paul getty iii oil scion j. Getty had already started the getty oil company and he was richest americans in the 1950 s. Getty founded the getty oil company and in 1957 fortune magazine named him the richest living american.
Only paul s mother gail getty hilary swank is left to negotiate with the increasingly desperate kidnappers. Paul getty trust which oversees the getty foundation the getty research institute and the getty conservation institute set about expanding the museum and its contributions to the art world.