{"id":8302,"date":"2014-09-27T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2014-09-15T11:47:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T15:47:02","slug":"fall-at-the-frick-manhattans-beaux-arts-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=8302","title":{"rendered":"Fall at The Frick, Manhattan\u2019s Beaux-Arts Gem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Feature\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For many people, The Frick Collection<\/a>, located on the Upper East Side in the erstwhile Beaux-Arts mansion of 19th<\/sup>-century tycoon Henry Clay Frick, has long been their \u201cidealized\u201d home away from home: a sanctuary of gracious rooms to which they return for a reunion with old friends \u2013 rendered, as it were, by some of the world\u2019s greatest artists including El Greco, Holbein, Ingres, Titian, Velazquez, and Vermeer.<\/p>\n

Unlike the cacophony and crowds that can often greet patrons at New York\u2019s larger, more populated museums, The Frick<\/a> offers a refuge from the anxieties of urban life not unlike one of those Gilded Age Newport \u201csummer cottages.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Garden<\/a>

Garden Court at The Frick Collection \u00a9MRNY<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe like to think of ourselves as a contemplative museum,\u201d says one staff member, a sentiment that beautifully captures the sense of relief that one feels upon crossing the threshold of the Reception Hall<\/a>, where the hush is complemented by the salutary sounds of water from the fountains in the Garden Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Set back from Fifth Avenue, with a proper front lawn and elevated garden, the Frick\u00a0 was originally designed by Carr\u00e8re and Hastings<\/a> in 1913-14. After Henry Clay Frick\u2019s death, the mansion underwent a brilliant transformation by architect John Russell Pope before the mansion opened to the public as a museum in 1935.<\/p>\n

\"Fragonard<\/a>

Fragonard Room at The Frick Collection \u00a9MRNY<\/p><\/div>\n

Guided by the mandarin aesthetics of the discerning art dealer Joseph Duveen, Frick, who had a remarkable eye for acquisition, amassed a superlative art collection, leaving 137 paintings to the Collection<\/a> upon his death.<\/p>\n

Apart from the Collection\u2019s three Vermeers<\/a> (out of a world total of a possible 37) as well as superb examples of Old Master and 19th<\/sup>-century paintings, the Frick<\/a> also houses French, Italian, and\u00a0English furniture, Limoges enamels,\u00a0S\u00e8vres and Chinese\u00a0porcelains, clocks and carpets. The Frick\u2019s recent blockbuster exhibition Vermeer, Rembranct, and Hals<\/em><\/a> was the most popular in the museum\u2019s history and annual attendance has exceeded 300,000.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Oval Room at The Frick Collection \u00a9MRNY<\/p><\/div>\n

This season, the Frick highlights its masterworks by El Greco with two exhibitions<\/a> in commemoration of the 400th anniversary<\/a> of El Greco\u2019s death. The Collection\u2019s three paintings by El Greco<\/a> include St. Jerome<\/em>, which will be presented for the first time alongside Purification of the Temple<\/em> and Vincenzo Anastagi<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Currently on display in the Frick\u2019s Portico Gallery is an exhibition of late 18th<\/sup>-century sculptures by Houdon and Clodion<\/a>. In November, ten masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery<\/a> in Edinburgh will be on view at the Frick, including a 15th<\/sup>-century work by Botticelli making its debut in the United States.<\/p>\n

\"Ingres's<\/a>

Ingres’s Comtess d’Haussonville in the North Hall of The Frick Collection \u00a9MRNY<\/p><\/div>\n

Many who frequent the Frick come to pay their respects to Ingres\u2019s Comtesse d’Haussonville<\/a>. One of the Collection\u2019s most famous paintings, Ingres\u2019s masterpiece of the young countess and granddaughter of Madame de Sta\u00ebl was purchased not by Frick, but by the Trustees in 1927 after Frick\u2019s death. Currently, the Countess stands watch in the North Hall gazing out toward the Garden Court.<\/p>\n

Upon completion of the Frick\u2019s proposed new addition, the mansion\u2019s Grand Staircase will open to the public for the first time. Visitors will be able to ascend the imposing stone staircase to the suite of second-floor rooms that were once the private living quarters of the Frick family. The Countess will be happy to welcome you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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