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Helen Clay Frick (September 2, 1888 – November 9, 1984) was an American philanthropist and art collector. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs (1859–1931).
Aug 18, 2020 · The Frick is celebrating with a series of videos honoring the stories of women who made, appeared in, collected, and took care o ...more. The year 2020 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the...
Learn about Helen Clay Frick, the daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick and a founding trustee of The Frick Collection. Discover her interest in art, philanthropy, and art history, and her legacy at the museum and library.
Aug 18, 2020 · Aimee Ng is continuing the series with a look at Helen Clay Frick, the founder and first director of the Frick Art Reference Library and an instrumental force in The Frick Collection's early art acquisitions.
Nov 10, 1984 · Helen Clay Frick, a former trustee of the Frick Collection on Fifth Avenue and founder of the Frick Art Reference Library, died yesterday at her home in Pittsburgh. She was 96 years old.
Learn about Helen Clay Frick, the daughter of Henry Clay Frick, who donated Frick Park and founded the Frick Fine Art Reference Library. Discover how she loved Pittsburgh, hosted elegant parties, and created a name of her own.
Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) was the daughter of industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs Frick. She was the visionary behind The Frick Pittsburgh, a place to experience art, history and nature, and the founder of the Frick Art Reference Library in New York.
