The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-03
tricks ART
COLLECTION To
THE PUBLIC

NEW YORK. Dec 1.-The art collcc-
ton Of Henry Clay Prick. with his
Firth avchu" hum". will in due tlme Dc
| turned over to, public uI: and Sn)oy-
mcnt. adequately endowed II was an
nounc"d her" tonight by ElbTrt II;
Gary. directing head of the United
Stnt,S Stc,l corporation and close aSSo-
Ciatc of MIR. Frick.
IN announcing the disposition which
would be made OF the collection Mr.
Gary said:
"Ar Frick was unusually generous
in his ben, factions. contributing hun
drcrIs Of th"u>i,ud and millions for inc.
! b-ucHt Of uthrr$ although his l!o"ral5
ity was but lttl" known. lie dlSIIhco
publicity and abhorrcd ostcntaIoh.
He was n student and lover OF ari
and 10y the use Of patience, thou At aha
large sums of money. II" formed one o.
tho finest private collections OF Punt.
! inGs, stutuary, br"nZcS. pr"'v!a'hs:
| cnamclS. furniture ana other "nJcc'S VI
art in existence. all of when unu"I
! the provisions Of his will IN due tiinc
/ b., permanently be turned over |" thS
public u.s., and enjoyment. together WIN
| his costly home in New York. aaeQua'c-
! y endowed"
j After the death Of the late J. Pier
pont Morgan in 1913. MIR. Frtck came
! 10 the front as one Of the most 'n'huSi-
astic and high spirited art collectors III
| the United States. If not the worlu.
! When tho old LcnuN library Ut run
avenue and SEVENTEEN SircEl wa , cTt
! down Mr.. FriCk acquired the properly
| as n fitting place for private MUS
which would at the same time DC
model museum. y hlnusom new putu
| ING was erected. Mr.. Tricks purpose
| was 10 show off his collections Al 'hclr
| best. not so much in EaIlcrlcS as III
rooms where people could sit. live ana
/ feel at home.
/ Art connoisseurs acquainted with ms
collection would not hazard Eu'SH rIS
! to its value. but said mat IL VIZ M ',idt
| "many. many Millions II is 'ohStSu
| cred one of the finest colicc'lohS III ''i'
! world. .
! Mr. Fr,ck started his collection about
! thirtv wears ago, according 10 l-lruSn
ant Seymour de Rictl. a frcRch ,r a. Frick
| torian and personal frienu u o5 carried
| who on various occasions nag car 80 20
ont research work on oehait OF tuG 80
| collector, In later years nc aeFeloPeu
catholic tastes and let escape no oip ,"s~
| unity 10 obtain the very tlheSt cru '''''
!elpiS Thai no private collection N the
I'll can boast of such fine array OF
| maste rpicCeS-
| In recent years. under the guidance
Of Sir Joseph puveen' wno ,!rink vas
able to add to his collections many
works from the greatest private saIie'
| les Of the cid world
Tw oportraits by Holbein were e m,Itns
his choicest treasures. tno tTe
school is superbly rcPres Srestcst mas
E tars +, Pmbrandt stands out supreme saI
with his polish Hors"man and Inc hie,s seI
sbre,ed portrait Of the painter hlriSeA
from Lord Ilchester's collection
! The beautiful drawing room OF d., 'n nf
F'r!ck home contains INC TnrUnnrlv the
p ptfnsFS Of iRe PieTpont Morgan cois e.
tjon. It is known that Mr.. frick t pa,1
for these panels alone no less 'h''
si;TSo modern schools Of art were no S
rsri Ise nv Mr.. Frick who, purchaser
poTtraits BY Whistler from the kieha'u
! Garfield collection