Henry Clay Frick : an intimate portrait / Martha Frick Symington Sanger.

Main entry:

Sanger, Martha Frick Symington.

Title & Author:

Henry Clay Frick : an intimate portrait / Martha Frick Symington Sanger.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

599 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-588) and index.
Introduction -- Birth of a millionaire -- Honeymoons and horrors -- As Martha dies -- Triumph over labor -- Emotions, apparitions, and art -- Pittsburgh exodus -- Bridging the hereafter -- Final days -- Shrouded legacy -- Her father's voice -- Afterword.

Summary:

Martha Frick Symington Sanger, a great-grand-daughter of Henry Clay Frick, draws on her family memories and unprecedented access to personal letters and private family diaries at the Frick archives to create this intimate, penetrating biography. Prior to this revealing account, Frick's private life has been largely unknown. This insider's portrait of Frick, a world famous art collector and steel tycoon, discloses for the first time the triumphs as well as the tragedies of his remarkable life. In addition, the author distills more than a decade of research and interviews into the most extensive examination of the creation of the Frick art collections ever included in a single volume.
She explains the attractions and motivations that guided Frick and his daughter Helen Clay Frick to acquire their outstanding collections of painting, sculpture, and other art. Illustrating the book are approximately 390 pictures, including about 200 in full color, ranging from painting and sculpture in both The Frick Collection and Frick's former Pittsburgh residence, now the Frick Art and Historical Center, to family portraits, many of which have never before been published, and historical images.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0789205009
9780789205001

Subject:

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919.
Frick family.
Frick, Henry Clay 1849-1919
Frick, Henry Clay, (1849-1919)
Frick, Henry Clay (Unternehmer)
Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Businessmen United States Biography.
Capitalists and financiers United States Biography.
Hommes d'affaires États-Unis Biographies.
Capitalistes et financiers États-Unis Biographies.
Businessmen
Capitalists and financiers
Biografie
Kunst
Frick Collection.
Kunstverzamelaars.
Art Collectionneurs et collections États-Unis.
United States

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203718
Call No.: HC102.5.F75 S32 1998
Status: Available

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