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The Frick Art Research Library (formerly known as the Frick Art Reference Library) is the art library of The Frick Collection, located in New York City.The library, founded in 1920 by Helen Clay Frick, offers access to materials on the study of art to students, scholars, and the public.
The Photoarchive was the founding collection of the Frick Art Reference Library (renamed Frick Art Research Library in 2024). It was originally housed in the Frick mansion’s bowling alley. [2] At the time of its inception, there was a growing body of art historical literature, but texts rarely included reproductions.
The Frick Art Research Library, originally named the Frick Art Reference Library, was organized at the mansion after Frick's death, [38] and a dedicated library building opened the next year. [39] During the 1920s, the library added thousands of volumes and photographs to its holdings.
Helen Clay Frick (September 2, 1888 – November 9, 1984) [1] was an American philanthropist and art collector. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs (1859–1931).
Welcome to The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to sharing our resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Frick Collection, Frick Art Reference Library, and art scholarship. Frick Art Reference Library Entrance.
Shortly after Frick died, the board of trustees of his estate moved to incorporate the Frick Collection Inc. [238] [244] Hastings agreed to sell the plans for the unbuilt annex to Frick's estate in January 1920 for $25,360, [245] and the board organized the Frick Art Reference Library at the house that year.
Mildred Steinbach (22 December 1906 – 28 September 2002) was an art historian and the fourth Chief Librarian of the Frick Art Reference Library. Education [ edit ]
The Story of the Frick Art Reference Library: The Early Years The Sharples: Their Portraits of George Washington and his Contemporaries Katharine McCook Knox (1889–1983) was an American art historian, best known for her history of the Frick Art Reference Library , and for curatorial work on presidential portraits.