Introduction to The Frick Collection
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2013
- To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2010, The Frick Collection launched a new orientation film. Narrated by members of the Frick's senior staff, this eleven-minute presentation was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmaker Christopher Noey. A DVD available from the Museum Shop (www.frick.org/shop).
I was in college when I saw the Dutch paintings at the Frick. That first exposure to delicate glazes, applied with the tiniest brushes, was an absolute revelation about technical mastery.
I can honestly say that the Frick Collection was the highlight of my trip to New York. Of course, don't miss the Met but the Frick is so peaceful and full of priceless treasures like the Vermeers.
Wow, just wow. i wonder how many people in NY don't even know of it? What a treasure.
I wish I'd known when my wife and I visited that great city 'what a joy ..
It's very well known all around the State. He also has a great Car and Carriage collection in Pittsburgh.
I visited the Frick once in 1986. It was wonderful. I saw so many paintings where I said to myself “so THIS is where that painting is”! So many famous paintings are in the collection. Holbein’s work of Sir Thomas More was breathtaking to see in the original. Like looking at Monet’s Haystacks at the Musee’ d’Orsay. The amazing thing was to see such a great number of famous works in a private collection. I can’t imagine anyone enjoying living in such a mausoleum of a house though. It was built as a gallery despite the fact that it was a house.
Collecting art is an ADDICTION! 🥰❤️
What an absolute treasure of a place and a visionary of a person he was to give us that!
mr frick had the eye of an artist.
That was Frickin awesome!
...what the Frick (lol) !
Indeed.
For Frick sake.
"The name of this institution, the FRICK COLLECTION, says everything about it..." it's a collection of frickin fricks?
A gem of a collection of European beauty in New York! How wonderful.
What a great video to stumble upon. Must now visit the museum!
This is one of those hidden gems, Like The Huntington Gardens in San Marino/Pasadena.
Just enjoyed this beautiful presentation, art is soothing and this collection is quite so.
It's a lovely collection.
The combination of great architecture and fine art masterpieces is pure joy. So tired of the contemporary in society.. the disparate and lackluster themes are disappointing against this artistic greatness!
I’m crying idk how I got here but the fact that it’s frick makes this 1000 times better
We are thankful for not only this survey of the collection, but for the background narrative of the factory in Homestead. One might think he felt a bit guilty about how he treated the workers, who, but for the grace of God, he would have been one of them, getting put down by Pinkerton guards.
There is a great book about the relationship of Carnegie and Frick titled "See You in Hell"!
As a simple tourist I was stunned to “discover” the Frick. It is a magnificent jewel like the Wallace Collection in London.
I was in december 2019 in your museum in New York. It was beautifull. I am from Holland so I cannot come often to NY
An awesome collection in a beautiful museum.
Beautiful presentation of classic and refined art. thank you.
I visited his home in Pittsburgh. I fell in love with it!
Very enjoyable presentation. Amazing what some of these immensely wealthy men of the past left for the public’s enjoyment. Reminds me of visiting The Breakers or the Biltmore Estate.
Marvelous collection, and the house itself is like a time capsule.
Beautiful. Hope to return when world health clears up. Thank you, Mr. Frick, and staff.
Such beauty and elegance that is sadly from a gone by era! Thanks for the great work. Cheers.
Words don’t describe the absolute impeccable collection displayed in such a magnificent house. The epitome of good taste.
Wonderful! I think when the quarantine is over, I'll make Frick the first museum I visit.
I went here three years ago and it was so nice. I think of it everyday and can’t wait to go again. I’ve gotta say that it even topped the MET because it was a more personal experience and the whole decor really is art in and of itself. Beautiful collection, me and Mr. Frick had a similar taste in art I think.
Absolutely beautiful house and art gallery, beyond adorable and gorgeous absolutely gorgeous! Very much my style and decor!
That was FRICKing awesome collection of arts
It's amazing what all those little people left for us, by the barrels of blood and sweat they gave, with growling and groaning stomachs in the darkness deep with in the bowels of the earth only to cough up their lungs in the end if they survived into middle age. How many children went to bed hungry. How many mothers worked till their fingers bled. Mr. Frick couldn't take it with him in death, but he a-fixed his name to it and gave it to us to treasure and marvel at. The real treasures are the workers, the artists and the craftsmen who created such beauty.. Not beating up on Mr. Frick. Just asking everyone to give the american workers a little credit, too.
Furniture there is the highlight in my view. Barnes has the best Artwork in the Americas by far
HCF has a taste quality so few could match, I am so glad it's in NYC, just a boat ride away. I must revisit it soon. It truly is so peaceful to see all that beauty in one place ! Thank You Henry and Family !!
As a recent online visitor to the Frick Gallery, I am delighted to find such a fine addition to my informal Art Education. I especially enjoyed the video on The Frick Collection and have subscribed to the gallery on UA-cam. Should I be lucky enough to visit New York again, I will definitely ensure that I include a visit to the Frick Gallery. Thank you very much.
Gorgeous!!!
The room wall design and the art just complements each other, it's just, beauty.
frick's Homestead strike was also known as. the Homestead Massacre. Workers and the pinkerton guards Frick hired were killed in the battle frick created when he fired all his workers. Henry Frick, was furious workers had a voice with a union. Frick demanded wage cuts for 325 employees, even though the workers had already taken large pay cuts three years before. The steel company was making massive profits-a record $4.5 million just before the 1892 massacre.Seven workers and three Pinkerton guards were killed. Afterwards the daily wages of the highly skilled workers at Homestead shrunk by one-fifth between 1892 and 1907, while their work shifts increased from eight hours to 12 hours.
I visited the Frick a few years ago. I was most impressed not by the art but by the magnificent curtains in the various galleries. They were a joy to behold.
While visiting NY, I am always in this extraordinary Museum.
A beautiful and extremely wonderful display. I wish you permanent happiness, success and progress in your wonderful work. Health and safety to all of you with the utmost thanks and respect. Greetings.💕💕💕💕💕
This was such a lovely video. Absolutely captures what it's like to visit the museum, and as a PA native, I loved hearing about the history of Frick's rise in the steel mills. Beautifully done. Thank you. :)
Top...I can honestly say that the Frick Collection was the highlight of my LIFE... Thank YOU ! ..................................
What a wonderful history. Can’t wait to visit The Frick soon.
We visited The Frick Collection a year ago and what a wonder! A true treasure!
While stationed in Lake Hurst, NJ attending Navy weather school while in the Marines, I visited NYC as often as I could. Frick had the most Rembrandts and other amazing paintings. then I had to go to Guggenheim and the Met..I'm glad I made the effort..worth it!
marvelous. i don't ever recall hearing much about the collection, especially in and around the new york area. a treasure, for sure.
What a marvellous collection
One of my favorite places in NYC. Such a lovely space to spend time with good art.
Beautiful house and collection, built before income taxes, and correctly left to the public. Gilded Age means a thin layer of gold over the suffering of the general masses.
I think Frick wanted people to remember him for his beautiful art collection. I don't think he was a great human being. These people of the gilded age where so extravagant while others starved.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful collection
Visiting The Frick on two visits to NYC were among the great experiences of my life.
Most lovely documentary , I should love to visit the home /museum hopefully one day .
Mary Canada 🇨🇦
Wow! I came across wit this! I did not know about this museum and it’s history ! Fabulous!
0:34 seconds there's the painting of Thomas Cromwell we are so familiar with. Who knew it was in the Frick? I sure didn't.
I think that the Holbein painting of Thomas Moore (also a famous Tudor image) is mounted on the opposite side of the door frame---I have been to the Frick but about 20 years ago, I would love to go back.
Very educational enjoyed this documentary.
Clean, decent and upstanding. Rare qualities these days. So refreshing.
I'm not sure one could reasonably describe his business history as decent and upstanding.
If you're talking about Frick himself, I think it's a lot more complicated than that. His museum and his art collection are magnificent, as is his contributing them to the public. His union busting activities in Pittsburgh and other business actions, not to mention his role in helping cause the Johnstown flood, make his legacy a little less "decent and upstanding."
It is a beautiful collection. Quality!
I was there about a decade ago, a truly magnificent house and collection.
My favorite museum ever! Thank you.
The Frick Museum and the Courtauld Gallery, my two absolute favourite art museums of Western Art anywhere. Because each in their way are non-museums and just superlative juxtapositions of art and decorative arts.
Wonderful !
The art is beautiful. The person who collected it was not. He was a greedy collector of wealth and prepared to do anything for it, even shooting his own factory workers in a strike.
poor people are boring
I love the Frick, and have visited there on many trips to New York, since about 1962.
I wonder how he made his fortune to become so rich to buy and collect all these precious items where in those days most people hardly could afford a new pair of shoes.
A sumptuous superior 🖼 collection 💎
What a great video. The details were good, Especially the carriageway.
The only secret is, who lived across the street.
Bear in mind that philanthropy is often built out of abuse. You can draw a line from Henry Clay Frick to the Jonestown flood. Guilt and positive PR are great motivation. That being said it is a wonderful collection. (Carnegie built libraries)
What a beautifully sumptuous array of art and furnishings assembled by Henry Clay Frick. He had a wonderful eye for the selections, now timeless in the museum. A question, what precautions are made to help prevent the aging and fading which can come from exposure to light?
good greeting . Beautiful and very wonderful, I wish you success in this work, and accept my sincere thanks and respect.
I was there!! My friend Phil paid my admission! I found the most Beautiful Relic there. Worth every penny..the Koi fish in the fountain.
Just AWSOME collection loft Fine Art..just Awsome experience!!
12 hour days 6 days a week for steel mill workers enforced private army to keep workers in line he was a real prize.
Cant wait to visit this one day!
What a wonderful thing to do with one,s money!
No - with other peoples money ! Let's get that straight !
It's one's... a contraction of ONE and IS.
3rd-grade grammar... 😎
with modern slave money......
Beautiful
Simply stunning
I haven't been to the Frick in many years, but I remember the Rembrandt 'Polish Rider' as being in one of the living rooms: perhaps the drawing room or the library? Anyway, it's clearly now in the large gallery, with many other great paintings, but it loses a lot of its impact in such a large space. I wonder what was the reason for this change. Wonderful documentary film, by the way.
Fascination with oligarchs & their possessions is excellent way of looking thru the mirror.
Magnificent!! These giants of industry took but they gave so much back. The Frick Museum is stunning.
Yes especially the 10 men who died in the Homestead strike killed by Pinkerton men that Frick hired.
I agree. These men gave so much to the US.
Before going to the Frick Madison on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, I always liked going to the Frick Collection way back in the early 1997 before 2022.I like to see all the sculptures and the arts around the museum and say hello to the guards at museums.
It's terrific when great taste and great wealth come together. Alas, I have the former only.
Frick had great ruthlessness also that made it possible for him to amass his wealth on the backs of the workers.
For the record, only a tiny cohort in Pittsburgh hated Frick. The nation as a whole admired how he handled the strike.
He definitely had a vision a great one at that, that's still living on to this day would love to visit
It is beautiful could have bee also pleasent feeling in my younger years to study here and also live there.Thanks
Wonderful treasures. Behind every great fortune is an even greater crime.
.....adding to my bucket list.
We should be so thankful to have people like him and people who continue his legacy. Thank you all!
when they described the emotional connection frick had with the collection i teared up :((((
Acabo de visitar este canal que me ha parecido una maravilla. Sus vídeos son de gran interés, perfecta factura y calidad técnica y artística por lo que me suscribo. Gracias por compartir tan excelentes trabajos. Un saludo.
José Luis.
Me recomendaron visitar este Museo, en ese momento creía que era uno más en la Gran Manzana pero a medida que lo recorría me fue cautivando hasta enamorarme, no solo como Museo sino también como edificio y vivienda del matrimonio Frick. Volvía el año pasado y siguió prendando. Este vídeo me encantó, excelente en su concepción y montaje, y aumento me enamoramiento con él. No dejo de recomendarlo a mis amigos que viajen a Nueva York.
The Frick Collection is an absolutely unique place in NYC, usually my last stop before heading the airport. Its reference library is also one of the best places to read and I'm again looking forward to coming back to 5th ave & 70th east. Recommended to ALL, interested in true masterpieces of classical European painting from 16th-19th centuries. My only concern is the proposed large adding to the building and I very much hope it will not interupt into Frick's refined taste, gentle spirit and a calm atmosphere.
Frick means money in French.
The Frick phenomenon in American reality means taste ;)
Brilliant!
We should never forget that the money for the museum and the art was paid for by the back breaking labor and the blood of the workers at Frick’s steel plants. They certainly did not share in the wealth they created.
Are things so different today?
I would have enjoyed hearing why Mr. Frick chose the pieces that he collected.
I enjoyed my visit
I could live there and be very much at-home. A house without art, is a house without a soul.
Wonderful
Very interesting. 👍
It reminds me of the Wallace Collection in London. Not a single item that isn't covetable.
Oh, to only go there one day!!
Maravelous 🎩✨✨✨✨Jon2.Love
Fabulous. Thank you for sharing.
une demeure qui inspire et qui vaut la peine d"etre visitée.une pensée à cet homme un modele qui qui force le respect à travers ses objets