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The Frick Collection has continued to expand its holdings in the decades following Henry Clay Frick's death in 1919. Since then, nearly half of the Collection's paintings and several important sculptures and decorative art objects have been acquired.

2014 Acquisitions

  • self portrait painting of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in an oval frame

    Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
    Self-Portrait, ca. 1650–55
    Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 30 1/2 in. (107 x 77.5 cm)
    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II (2014.1.01)

    The Frick Collection has showcased its strength in Spanish paintings through acclaimed exhibitions, publications, events on Velázquez, El Greco, and Goya, and the collecting taste for such works. The focus is warranted, given founder Henry Clay Frick’s early travels to Spain and his deep interest in Spanish artists. Less known, however, is the fact that his first acquisition of Iberian painting was a significant self-portrait by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–82), a work that has remained in the Frick family since its purchase in 1904. MORE »

  • watercolor landscape of shoreline with sailboats and buildings in the background

    Antoine Vollon French, (1833–1900)
    View of Dieppe, 1873
    Watercolor and graphite on laid paper
    11 x 18 1/8 in. (27.9 x 46 cm)
    Gift of Carol Forman Tabler in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Forman III, 2014 (2014.3.01)

    Throughout the nineteenth century, the city of Dieppe attracted artists intent on depicting its pebbled beaches, vibrant harbor, and Renaissance château. Turner, Delacroix, Daubigny, Pissarro, and Whistler all spent time in the northern French city, a hub of transportation between Paris and London situated on the English Channel in Normandy. Henry Clay Frick acquired paintings of Dieppe by Daubigny and Turner in 1904 and 1914, respectively. MORE »