Description
With 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.
Details
- Pages: 600
- Publisher: Abbeville Publishing Group
- Imprint: Abbeville Press
- Publication Date: 1st September 1998
- Trim Size: 8.5 x 10.9 in
- ISBN: 9780789205001
Reviews
"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?"– The Opinion Journal
"WINNER of the New York Book Show Award
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Author Bio
Martha Frick Symington Sanger, who lives in Maryland, has lectured about Henry Clay Frick, and has served on camera and a a consultant for a public television documentary about Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie.
With 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.
- Pages: 600
- Publisher: Abbeville Publishing Group
- Imprint: Abbeville Press
- Publication Date: 1st September 1998
- Trim Size: 8.5 x 10.9 in
- ISBN: 9780789205001
"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?"– The Opinion Journal
"WINNER of the New York Book Show Award
"
Martha Frick Symington Sanger, who lives in Maryland, has lectured about Henry Clay Frick, and has served on camera and a a consultant for a public television documentary about Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie.