Henry Clay Frick and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: the blockbuster exhibition of 1910. (29th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scott, Nancy
• Is Part Of: Journal of the history of collections. Volume 33:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 341
• Page End: 358
• Publication Date: 2021-01-29
• Subjects: Collectors and collecting -- Periodicals; Collectors and collecting -- History -- Periodicals; Museums -- Acquisitions -- History -- Periodicals; Collectibles -- History -- Periodicals; 069
• DOI: 10.1093/jhc/fhaa050
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-6650

Abstract

Abstract: November 1909 the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston inaugurated its second home, in a grand neoclassical-style building, and premiered innovative exhibition designs based on research in European museums. Henry Clay Frick soon displayed fifty of his paintings in the museum's Old Masters gallery – the only occasion in his lifetime that he would lend such an expansive selection of paintings from his collection to a civic museum. Archival discoveries offer a reconstruction of the historic moment that brought together the new Boston museum, Frick's paintings and an engaged public, shaping Frick's vision of his collection's legacy.