The Frick Art Collection, NYC

When I move to New York City I lived in Battery Park on Manhattan. As I discovered the City I came upon Frick Art Collection. I was amazed at the private collection of so many famous artists and works of art. It is hard to grasp that this mansion with is collection worth $billions was the home of just one family. When friends same from out of town I delighted in taking them there to be in awe of the great works of art in a quaint setting.

The mansion was home to Henry Clay Frick (149 to 1919) who was a wealthy American industrialist. He founded the H.C. Frick & Company and became the chairman of Carnegie Steel which became U.S. Steel. The Frick Collection was donated to the public and the house was converted into a museum in 1935.

The Frick Collection has 1,500 pieces of art. It includes works by such famous arts as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Goya, Titian, Whistler, Turner, Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Holbein, Bruegel, Bellini, El Greco, Michealangelo, Van Eyck, Gilbert, Gainsborough, Velasquez, Reynolds, Van Dyck, Bernini, Francesca, la Tour, and others.

Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap, 1516, by Titian (1488 to 1576), Venice.

Sir Thomas More, 1428, by Hans Holbein the Younger, (1497 to 1543), Germany.

The Polish Rider, 1655, by Rembrandt (1606 to 1669), Dutch.

Self Portrait, 1658, by Rembrandt (1606 to 1669), Dutch.

Officer and Laughing Girl, 1665, Johannes Vermeer (1632 to 1675), Dutch.

Mistress and Maid, 1665, by Johanne Vermeer (1632 to 1675).

The Harbor of Dieppe, 1826, by J.M.W. Turner (1775 to 1851).

Cologne, 1826, by J.M.W. Turner (1775 to 1851).

The Forge, 1817, by Francisco Goya (1746 to 1828).

Mother and Children, 1875, by Auguste Renoir (1841 to 1919).

The Rehearsal, 1878, by Edgar Degas (1834 to 1917).

King Philip IV of Spain, 1644, by Diego Velazquez (1599 to 1660).

Three Soldiers, 1568, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525 to 1569).

Vethevil in Winter, 1878, by Claude Monet (1840 to 1926).

The Bullfight, 1864, by Edouard Manet (1832 to 1883).