Director's Blog

January 16, 2019

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Henry Clay Frick’s Limoges Enamels

In 1916, Henry Clay Frick converted his private office at his home on Fifth Avenue into a gallery for the collection of Limoges enamels that he had purchased from the estate of J. Pierpont Morgan for the then-staggering sum of $1,157,500. What was so compelling about these delicate, jewel-like objects that Frick paid such a high price and was willing to sacrifice his sanctuary for their display?

photo of gray porcelain elephant statue decorated with flowers and draperies
Du Paquier Porcelain from Vienna: The Generous Gift of Melinda and Paul Sullivan

Director Ian Wardropper discusses a wonderful acquisition of work by the Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory.

oil painting depicting man with mustache and long hair in oval frame
Letter from the Director: Fall 2017

Director Ian Wardropper discusses current and upcoming exhibitions, including Murillo: The Self-Portraits.

detail of Deser, which includes ornate scaled arches
Letter from the Director: Fall 2018

Director Ian Wardropper discusses current and upcoming exhibitions, including Luigi Valadier: Splendor in Eighteenth-Century Rome.

photo of Oval Room of the Frick Collection with three Manet paintings
Letter from the Director: Fall 2019
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director Ian Wardropper discusses the Frick’s fall exhibitions focused on artists Bertoldo di Giovanni and Édouard Manet, as well as Meissen porcelain.