The Fricks Collect
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The Fricks Collect
Author: Ian Wardropper
language: en
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Release Date: 2025-03-04
Before his New York home became a museum, Henry Clay Frick engaged some of his era’s most important art dealers to build a notable collection and the best decorators to create suitable Gilded Age interiors to accommodate the works. This story traces the journey that led to the creation of one of America’s finest art collections. At its heart, this story centers on Frick and his daughter Helen Clay Frick, both pivotal figures in the formation of the renowned Frick Collection. The volume delves into the Fricks’ exposure to and acquisition of some of the finest art of their time. With an exquisite blend of textual narrative and ample imagery showcasing masterpieces and the sumptuous interiors of homes in Pittsburgh and New York, the book offers a captivating narrative of ambition, wealth, and cultural patronage. White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe worked with Frick on the decoration of his houses and influenced the choice of many furnishings the owner acquired and that formed the backdrop for his paintings. As was commonplace at the time, decorators often collaborated with dealers in creating spaces suitable for the esteemed works of art. Further influential figures who shaped the era’s cultural landscape include Frick’s business partner Andrew Carnegie and noted art dealers Joseph Duveen in London and Charles Carstairs of M. Knoedler & Co. in New York. Presenting the glittering halls of their homes and the masterpieces adorning the walls of The Frick Collection, this volume is a testament to the enduring allure of art and the power of patronage in shaping cultural institutions.
Building the Frick Collection
Author: Colin B. Bailey
language: en
Publisher: Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
Release Date: 2006
Offers a study of the famous home of Henry Clay Frick, which houses the Frick Collection in New York City. This work examines the history of the house and how it influenced the collection itself.
Art in the Frick Collection
The Frick Collection, housed in an elegant New York City mansion, is one of the most extraordinary small museums in the world. This lavishly illustrated survey of the Collection offers a dazzling array of great paintings as well as rarely published sculptural treasures and numerous masterpieces of the decorative arts. 198 illustrations, 178 in color.