MUSEUM

The Frick

Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery

El Greco at the Frick Collection

The temperature today is in the mid-40s and there is little wind.  That makes for a good weather day.

Our goal was to visit the Frick Collection for two exhibits.  The route was riding the subway from Greeley Plaza to 59th & 5th that would put us off at the southeast corner of Central Park.  From there we walked through the park to The Mall and then over to 5th and the Frick.  While in the park we ate a foot long hotdog, a hamburger, and an order of fries.

Following the Frick we walked down 5th Avenue from around 72nd to 52nd to see the stores, lights, decorations, and windows along 5th Avenue.  We finished the journey by riding the bus home.

Following the museum's comments about the exhibits are some pictures of the park.  The interior garden is of the Frick.

 

From November 5, 2014, through February 1, 2015, the Frick will present ten masterpieces of painting from the Scottish National Gallery. The museum, one of the finest in the world, is distinguished for its holdings of works by the greatest masters of Western art and for its comprehensive collection of Scottish art. The upcoming exhibition will feature paintings from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries that invite illuminating comparisons to the Frick's permanent collection. Highlights include Botticelli'sThe Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, which has never been exhibited in the United States, and Sargent's arresting portrait Lady Agnew of Lochnaw.

In 2015, the ten works will travel with an additional forty-five to the de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. This exhibition, Botticelli to Braque: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland, will also draw upon the collections of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the two institutions that, along with the Scottish National Gallery, comprise the National Galleries of Scotland.

http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/scottish#sthash.MS1BChpx.dpuf

Henry Clay Frick had a deep appreciation for Spanish painting, particularly the work of El Greco, the extraordinary Greek artist who, after a brief period in Italy, spent most of his life in Toledo, Spain. Frick traveled to Spain twice and acquired three works by the artist between 1905 and 1913. Here they are displayed side by side for the first time in a presentation organized in concert with El Greco in New York(link is external) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Together, the two exhibitions show all of El Greco’s work in New York public collections and mark the 400th anniversary of the painter’s death. 

With this installation, the Frick continues its 2014 focus on the artist, which began with Men in Armor: El Greco and Pulzone Face to Face (August 5–October 26, 2014). 

http://www.frick.org/exhibitions/el_greco_frick#sthash.oei3W0gI.dpuf