The Frick Collection Art Museum is located in New York City. It was named after the famous Pennsylvania transportation industrialist Henry Clay Frick, who collected masterpieces of European painting. When choosing fine art objects, he took his time, but carefully studied the works and consulted with art historians.
History of creation
As Frick accumulated his fortune, he collected his famous collection, which inspired and motivated him. In the 1900s, he and his family left Pittsburgh and began living in New York, in the Vanderbilt mansion on Fifth Avenue, where most of his paintings were also moved. In 1914, at the request of the collector, a residence was built at the intersection of 70th Street and Fifth Avenue, where he spent the rest of his life.
Frick talked to various art critics who thought he had good taste. Most of all, he liked to buy paintings created in the period from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. A will was drawn up stating that Frick's house and Collection would be transferred to the city to open a museum so that New Yorkers and visitors would have access to his legacy. The only condition was that the items from the collection were not exported anywhere. In the winter of 1935, a museum began operating in the collector's mansion. In order to receive guests, repairs were repeatedly carried out here.
Short description
Admission to the Frick Collection is free, but due to limited space, visitors must first make an appointment to inspect paintings, sculptures, and objects made of ceramics, porcelain, and glass. After extensive renovation, the building reopened in 2025. The museum's collection contains approximately 2,000 exhibits, including paintings, ceramics, porcelain and glass, sculptures, and 18th–century French furniture. ""The collection includes the Italian Quattrocento, paintings of the Flemish school, "Self-portrait" by Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn, "St. Francis in the Desert" by Giovanni Bellini, you can also look at Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell through the eyes of Hans Holbein.
Many of the exhibits in Frick's Collection are arranged in the order that the collector personally set. Some of the art objects ended up in the museum when Frick was no longer alive, among them the "Countess d'aussonville" by French artist Jean Auguste Ingres. The collection was replenished with donations. The Frick Collection hosts various events, including academic symposiums and concerts by artists.
How to get
There is an M72 bus going to the Frick Collection, you need to get off at the "Frick Collection" stop. The nearest metro station is 68th Street – Hunter College on Line 6. You can order a taxi from anywhere in New York or rent a car for independent trips.
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