- Frick Collection
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name= Frick Collection
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established= 1913
location= 1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 (United States)
type=Art citation | title= Frick Collection: About | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2008 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/22132/8650/about/the-frick-collection-new-york/| accessdate=2008-07-28 ]
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director= Anne L. Poulet [ [http://www.frick.org/director/index.htm Frick Collection Director] ]
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website= [http://www.frick.org/ The Frick Collection]The Frick Collection is an art museum located in
Manhattan ,New York City ,United States . It is housed in the former residence of steel magnateHenry Clay Frick , which was designed by Thomas Hastings and constructed in 1913-1914.The Frick is one of the preeminent small art museums in the
United States , with a very high-quality collection ofold master paintings housed in 16 galleries within the formerly occupied residential mansion. The paintings in many galleries are still arranged according to Frick's design, although additional works have been bought by the Frick Collection over the years in a manner deemed to correspond with the aesthetic of the collection.The collection features some of the best-known
painting s by majorEurope an artists, as well as numerous works ofsculpture andporcelain . It also has18th Century Frenchfurniture , , Limoges enamel, andOriental rug s. After Frick's death, his daughterHelen Clay Frick expanded the collection, with a third of its art works acquired since 1919. The Frick also oversees theFrick Art Reference Library .The Frick Collection's building was the inspiration for the fictional
Avengers Mansion , which like the Frick covers the entire city block at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 70th Street (but has the address 890 Fifth Avenue, rather than 1 East 70th Street, the address of the Frick).Highlights
Included in the collection are
Jean-Honoré Fragonard 's masterpiece, "The Progress of Love", three paintings byJohannes Vermeer including "Mistress and Maid", andPiero della Francesca 's "St. John the Evangelist". Other featured artists include:*
Cimabue
*Barna da Siena
*Gentile da Fabriano
*Giovanni Bellini ("The Ecstasy of St. Francis")
*François Boucher
*John Constable
*Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
*Aelbert Cuyp
*Thomas Gainsborough
*El Greco
*Francisco Goya
*Frans Hals
*Malvina Hoffman
*Hans Holbein the Younger
* Rembrandt
*Andrea Riccio
*Jacob van Ruisdael
*Titian
*J. M. W. Turner
*Anthony van Dyck
*Diego Velázquez
*James McNeill Whistler
*Jan Van Eyck ee also
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List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City
*Frick Art & Historical Center ,Pittsburgh References
External links
* [http://www.frick.org/ The Frick Collection official website]
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