The Frick Collection at 1 East 70th Street

Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, The Frick Collection is an art museum established in 1935 to preserve the collection of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The museum is housed in a Beaux-Arts mansion designed specifically for Frick, which was completed in 1914. The collection features about 1,500 pieces of European fine and decorative art, including paintings from the 14th to the 19th century by artists such as Bellini, Fragonard, Gainsborough, Goya, Holbein, Rembrandt, Titian, Turner, Velázquez, Vermeer, and Whistler.

Henry Clay Frick was a coke and steel magnate who was especially particular in his tastes. He began buying paintings in large numbers in the mid-1890s, spending an estimated $10 million to acquire pieces during his lifetime. Frick curated his collection with the help of Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, and famously remarked, "I can make money. I cannot make pictures." The collection was spread across several homes in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts before being settled in the mansion at 1 East 70th Street.

In addition to the permanent collection, the museum houses the Frick Art Research Library, established by Frick's daughter Helen Clay Frick in 1920. The library contains sales catalogs, books, periodicals, and photographs. The museum has also hosted academic symposiums, concerts, and small temporary exhibitions. It typically receives up to 300,000 visitors annually and is noted for the juxtaposition of its diverse artworks with the architecture of the Frick House.

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