Henry Clay Frick

Unable to form close relationships, Mellon instead poured his passions into his art collection, determined to keep up with fellow art enthusiast, financier and industrialist Henry Clay Frick.

Great dynasties of the world: The Mellons 2011

Top-quality Old Master paintings are harder to buy in today's marketplace than they were during the early 20th century, when industrialists and financiers like Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Mellon assembled the vast collections that now adorn America's great museums.

Collecting as a Fine Art Jonathan Lopez 2011

Alexander Berkman, who attempted to murder steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in 1892, hoped to punctuate his attack by committing suicide just as another anarchist had done in a Chicago jail cell.

Scott Miller: The McKinley Assassination and Terrorism Today Scott Miller 2011

Yet it was precisely such passion that animated two of his latest and most fervent votaries, the collectors Henry Clay Frick and Frits Lugt.

Two Complementary Quests James Gardner 2011

Goldman first came to public attention when her lover and political colleague, Alexander Berkman, tried to assassinate Henry Clay Frick, the chairman of Carnegie Steel, after nine steelworkers were killed during a bloody 1892 strike.

Lyrical Leftist, Dogged Idealist Fred Siegel 2011

In 1892, an anarchist shot Henry Clay Frick point-blank in the neck; the mogul survived.

Why Bankers Should Be Grateful for Occupy Wall Street Jason Zweig 2011

While historians point out that this is little different from 19th-century robber barons such as Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie amassing vast collections of European art and bringing it to America, the prospect of hundreds of masterpieces in rural Bentonville, two hours' drive from Tulsa, is still controversial.

Anger at Walmart heiress's $1.4bn gallery as art market becomes focus for protests 2011

And ever since Henry Clay Frick acquired the painting in 1915, it has remained one of the highlights of the Frick Collection.

A Shared Moment of Transformation Lance Esplund 2011

In 1915, after Morgan's death, the American industrialist Henry Clay Frick purchased all 14 works and had them installed in a specially designed room in his new Fifth Avenue mansion—the present-day "Fragonard Room" of the Frick Collection—a paradigm of Rococo style, with splendid furniture and decorative objects enhancing the suite of large canvases and decorative panels.

The Path of 'Progress' Karen Wilkin 2011

The stone home is on six acres that were once part of an estate belonging to a grandson of steel-industry magnate Henry Clay Frick.

New Jersey Estate 2010