Description
Book SynopsisWith unprecedented access to personal letters, private family diaries, and the Frick archives at the Frick Collection in New York City and at family residences in Pittsburgh, Martha Frick Symington Sanger has written a unique and penetrating account of the life and times of Henry Clay Frick and his family. In addition, the author explains in this meticulously researched book the reason why Frick and his daughter Helen selected the paintings, sculpture, and other items that are included in the collection.
Since 1935 the magnificent art treasures of the Frick Collections have been open to the public in the New York City mansion that the family occupied. This book will enrich any visitor''s experience of the Frick Collection in a way that had not been possible in previous books. The intriguing topics covered here include Frick''s complex relationship with Andrew Carnegie and with other well-known business magnates; his harsh personal life darkened by the
Trade Review
WINNER of the New York Book Show Award "The life of Henry Clay Frick -- industrialist, coke magnate and, later, Andrew Carnegie's partner in the steel business -- is fascinatingly chronicled in this volume by his great-granddaughter Martha Frick Symington Sanger. In taking a decidedly psychological approach to her subject, Ms. Sanger may have explained a mystery that has perplexed Frick's past biographers: What motivated one of the most notorious of the turn-of-the-century robber barons to begin collecting paintings and other artwork so assiduously?" --Vartan Gregorian for The Opinion Journal
Table of Contents
Introduction 13 I. Birth of a Millionaire 25 II. Honeymoons and Horrors 77 III. As Martha Dies 127 IV. Triumph Over Labor 167 V. Emotions, Apparitions, and Art 223 VI. Pittsburgh Exodus 273 VII. Bridging the Hereafter 313 VIII. Final Days 383 IX. Shrouded Legacy 413 X. Her Father's Voice 483 Afterword 539 Appendix 541 Notes 551 Bibliography 566 Acknowledgments 582 Photography credits 590 Index 591
