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A Panorama of Pittsburgh
at the Frick through 10/5
Learn about Pittsburgh's past by viewing more than 130 printed views of the city.

Meissonier masterpiece
now on view at the Frick
1806, Jena is on view at the Frick through May 31, 2009.

This Sunday is
RADical Day at the Frick
Visit the Frick on 10/5 for a full day of activities and fun!

Rob Rogers discusses
political cartooning on 10/12
The Post-Gazette's award-winning editorial cartoonist will discuss his experiences covering the 2008 presidential campaign and conventions.

Music for Exhibitions
begins new season 11/18
Join Katherine Soroka and Chatham Baroque for an evening of memorable music.

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Twenty-six teams of drivers made it a day of fun.

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A Panorama of Pittsburgh at the Frick through 10/5 Learn about Pittsburgh's past by viewing more than 130 printed views of the city. Meissonier masterpiece now on view at the Frick 1806, Jena is on view at the Frick through May 31, 2009. This Sunday is RADical Day at the Frick Visit the Frick on 10/5 for a full day of activities and fun! Rob Rogers discusses political cartooning on 10/12 The Post-Gazette's award-winning editorial cartoonist will discuss his experiences covering the 2008 presidential campaign and conventions. Music for Exhibitions begins new season 11/18 Join Katherine Soroka and Chatham Baroque for an evening of memorable music. View photos from the 2008 H. C. Frick Horseless Carriage Tour Twenty-six teams of drivers made it a day of fun. Sign up for the Frick e-newsletter Each month, receive the latest information about exhibitions; programs for adults, families, children, and teachers; events; specials at The Café and the Museum Shop; and more.	*March 8, 2008 - June 8, 2008* Contemporary artist Craig McPherson works in the urban-realist tradition, producing finely detailed, beautifully atmospheric renderings of urban and industrial environments. His preference for urban subject matter and unpopulated shadowy night scenes is evocative of both the Ashcan School of the early twentieth century, and the cinematography of mid-twentieth-century film noir. This exhibition gathers together some of McPherson’s existing Pittsburgh-related mezzotints and expands upon these industrial themes with a body of new work in graphite and pastel. The exhibition, which is part of the Frick’s contribution to the celebrations surrounding Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, will conclude with riverscapes and scenes of contemporary, downtown Pittsburgh. Organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. click here for more information *November 10, 2007 - February 10, 2008* Please note: This exhibition has been extended through February 10. Financier J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) shared with Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) a love of beautiful objects and collecting. In 1913, when Morgan died, Frick was deeply involved with the construction of his New York residence, now known as The Frick Collection. The dispersal of Morgan’s estate allowed Frick to build his own collection of decorative arts. A number of Frick’s purchases are part of the Frick Art & Historical Center, including a large group of Renaissance and Baroque bronzes, rare Chinese and Meissen porcelains, and fine examples of eighteenth-century French furniture. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. click here for more information *July 6, 2007 - October 14, 2007* In his lifetime, French Academic artist, William Bouguereau (1825–1905) was considered to be one of the greatest painters in the world, and he was certainly one of the most commercially successful. His highly-finished, startlingly crisp renderings of idealized pastoral and mythological scenes were popular world-wide, and many crossed the Atlantic to join American collections. Bouguereau was also a devoted teacher and mentor whose studio attracted thousands of aspiring artists. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, he provided instruction and criticism to well over 200 American students, most of whom attended the private Académie Julian in Paris. Bouguereau was also instrumental in getting the doors to the academies opened to female students. To train with Bouguereau was to receive a solid foundation in drawing and painting the figure from life, and also, if successful, to gain access to the higher levels of the art world. This exhibition, the first to examine Bouguereau’s role as an influential teacher, features paintings, drawings, and prints by Bouguereau and some of his most prominent American students, including: Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), Minerva Chapman (1858–1947), Eanger Irving Couse (1866–1936), Elizabeth Gardner (1837–1922), Robert Henri (1865–1929), Anna Klumpke (1856–1942), and others. This exhibition is organized by The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. A fully-illustrated color catalogue will accompany the exhibition. click here for more information *Dangerous as Romance: The Year of the Mercedes* *June 1, 2007 - July 31, 2007* click here for more information *April 21, 2007 - June 17, 2007* American realist George Wesley Bellows (1882–1925) is remembered for capturing the character of early-twentieth-century American life in paintings and drawings that convey both the liveliness and grittiness of a society defining itself in a new century. From the boxing ring to the seashore, his drawings have a vibrancy of line and energetic spirit that bring the scenes and times to life. The drawings in this exhibition, from the esteemed collection of the Boston Public Library, were collected and donated to that institution by Albert H. Wiggin. They were last shown as a collection in the 1950s, and only a few sheets have been exhibited publicly since then. This collection of drawings comprises preparatory works for paintings and lithographs and finished works that were intended for publication as illustrations in magazines and newspapers. Their subjects range from intimate studies of the artist’s friends and family to public sporting events, social gatherings, and other candid snapshots of American life, many recorded on assignments for popular magazines such as Harper’s Weekly and The Masses. This exhibition is organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. in collaboration with the Boston Public Library. click here for more information *February 3, 2007 - April 7, 2007* Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869–1927) was a master of the Japanese woodblock print at the turn of the twentieth century. Taught by his stepfather, the highly regarded Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), Kôgyo spent much of his working life creating prints that documented the traditions of Noh theater, a form of Japanese theater dating to the fourteenth century. Kôgyo’s richly colored, highly decorative, yet compositionally elegant prints illustrate virtually the entire range of Noh repertory since the Meiji period (1868–1912). The prints function as accomplished and sophisticated individual artworks, and as a historical record of Noh customs and performances. The exhibition also includes a small selection of Kôgyo’s bird and nature prints and a few examples of his rarely shown paintings. The Prints of Tsukioka Kôgyo is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center and curated by Dr. Richard Smethurst, Dr. Mae J. Smethurst, Dr. Thomas Rimer, and Robert Schaap. The exhibition is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the Japan Foundation, the Townsend and Frances Burden Foundation, and members of the Frick Art & Historical Center. click here for more information *November 4, 2006 - January 14, 2007* Minerva Chapman (1858–1947) was an accomplished painter of miniature portraits on canvas and ivory. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and continued in various European art academies in Europe including Munich and Paris, where she eventually settled. At the Prestigious Académie Julian she attended classes and studios taught by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Charles Lasar, her most influential teacher who was known as a promoter and “champion” of women artists at the turn of the twentieth century. Although best known for her contribution to the revival of miniature painting at the beginning of the twentieth century, Chapman was a prolific artist and also painted landscapes, interiors, still-lifes, and larger portraits. According to her own count, she painted 181 miniatures, some in oil on pieces of canvas no larger than 4 x 5 inches. In the early decades of the century she divided her time between France, England, and the United States, before settling permanently in Palo Alto, California in 1925. As a complement to the exhibition Off the Pedestal, a selection of Chapman’s portrait miniatures in a variety of formats and media from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morse G. Dial, Jr. will be presented in the Jacobean Room at The Frick Art Museum. click here for more information *November 4, 2006 - January 14, 2007* Featuring over 100 compelling works by such American masters as Winslow Homer (1836–1910), William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), and Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944), this exhibition is the first to examine the radical images of the nineteenth-century “New Woman,” the new type of woman that appears in art, literature, and popular culture immediately after the Civil War. When initially created, scenes of intelligent, professional, and athletic women were considered provocative and shocking because they depicted women who had greater personal freedoms and professional opportunities than their immediate predecessors. Curious and confident, The New Woman is the precursor of today’s modern woman. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrative catalogue, published by The Newark (N.J.) Museum and Rutgers University Press, featuring thematic essays by Holly Pyne Connor, Sarah Burns, and Mary Blanchard on the topic of the New Woman. The exhibition at the Frick will be augmented by a selection of archival materials from Chatham College, founded in 1869, highlighting the importance of education in shaping the New Woman and providing a local context for appreciating the role of higher education in furthering women’s accomplishments. Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent was organized by The Newark Museum. This exhibition, as well as research for the catalogue, has been made possible through major funding by the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Foundation. Generous support for the exhibition was also received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Victoria Foundation and The Newark Museum Volunteer Organization. The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible through the generosity of the Eden Hall Foundation. Additional support has been provided by Allegheny Foundation and PNC Wealth Management. click here for more information *November 1, 2006 - April 1, 2007* *Built for Speed: The Allure of the Early Motorcycle* This special exhibition, on view at the Car and Carriage Museum through April 1, 2007, includes thirteen early motorcycles. The motorcycle was created by adapting the new “horseless carriage” technology with the freedom and mobility of two-wheeled transportation. These early motorcycles were fast and noisy, creating a presence of spectacle and speed that grabbed America’s attention. click here for more information *July 29, 2006 - October 8, 2006* This exhibition features paintings, drawings and decorative arts objects from the Delaware Art Museum’s extraordinary collection of Pre-Raphaelite art. With subjects drawn from classical mythology and literature, history, and Arthurian legends, the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood created a unique artistic movement in mid-nineteenth-century Great Britain based on retrieving artistic forms from the Middle Ages – the time before the Renaissance master Raphael – and set the stage for the Arts and Crafts movement. The exhibition comprises paintings and drawings by the foremost exemplars of the brotherhood Edward Coley Burne Jones (1833-1898) and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (188-1882), as well as their artistic brethren and followers. Fine furniture, jewelry, ceramics and metalwork round out this outstanding survey of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. A suggested contribution will be requested for this extraordinary exhibition. Docent-led tours of temporary exhibitions are conducted on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tours of Waking Dreams are available July 29 – October 8, 2006 for a suggested donation of $5 per person. Private group tours (for groups of five or more) of Waking Dreams are available at a cost of $5 per person. Group tour reservations must be made one to two weeks in advance. Call 412-371-0600. click here for more information *April 27, 2006 - July 9, 2006* Hudson River School Drawings from Dia Art Foundation is an exhibition of 39 drawings which was organized by The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College to celebrate the opening in the Hudson River Valley of Dia:Beacon, a museum that houses a portion of the permanent collection of Dia Art Foundation, a contemporary art organization based in New York City. At first it may appear unusual that Dia, formed in 1974 to commission and support American and European contemporary art, owns a group of nineteenth-century drawings by Hudson River School artists. However, Dan Flavin (1933–1996), one of Dia’s principal artists, assembled the collection of drawings during the late 1970s and early 1980s when he and Dia were planning a museum for his own work in the Hudson River Valley. Flavin’s well-known installations of fluorescent lights infuse gallery spaces with colored light, turning them into glowing abstract environments of line and color. Flavin felt an affinity to the light of the Hudson River and to the sketches and paintings of its school of painters. As an avid art collector, he had the trained eye of a connoisseur. The American drawings comprising this exhibition record marvelous summer and autumn river landscapes and seascapes that were made during sketching trips along the Hudson River, the coast of Maine, the valleys of Ireland, and locations where picturesque views proved inspirational. Many were created as working sketches that were used as source material back in the studio as the artists worked up larger canvases. Hudson River School Drawings from Dia Art Foundation was organized by The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, with support from the Smart Family Foundation, Inc. The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Allegheny Foundation. click here for more information *April 27, 2006 - July 9, 2006* The presentation of Hudson River School Drawings from Dia Art Foundation will be augmented by an ancillary exhibition entitled Dan Flavin. drawing water light, comprising a selection of 98 small sketches and drawings from the 1960s and ‘70s that Flavin made along the shores of the Hudson River and the southern coast of Long Island, and also by one of his light works that has an affinity to the landscape. These have been generously lent by the Flavin estate and a private collector. Dan Flavin. drawing water light was organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center in association with Tiffany Bell and Stephen Flavin. This exhibition is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Allegheny Foundation. click here for more information *January 28, 2006 - April 9, 2006* This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view works of fine and decorative arts, clothing, furniture, cars and carriages, toys, and books from the Frick’s entire collection, many of which have never been shown in a museum setting. Objects on display illuminate the personalities of the Frick family members who owned them and illustrate facets of life in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when notions of refinement and etiquette governed daily life for the upper class, as well as for members of the middle class who sought social acceptance. The childhoods of Helen and Childs Frick, and their adult roles as scholars and patrons of art and science, are also examined. Possessions, Personalities and the Pursuit of Refinement presents groupings of objects primarily in The Frick Art Museum, with additional displays in the Car and Carriage Museum, Playhouse, Greenhouse, and Clayton. This exhibition is made possible, in part, through generous grants from The Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation and the Townsend and Frances Burden Foundation. click here for more information *September 23, 2005 - December 31, 2005* Both a museum and a center for scholarly research, the Morgan Library is an extraordinary complex of buildings occupying half a block in the heart of New York City. Among the world’s greatest treasuries of seminal artistic, literary, musical, and historical works, the Library’s renowned collection of rare books, manuscripts, and drawings have as their principal focus the history, art, and literature of Western civilization from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The collections originated with the medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, rare books and bindings, literary and historical manuscripts, and master drawings and prints amassed by Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), the great financier of turn-of-the-century America. He also acquired a selection of Islamic manuscripts as well as roughly 1,200 Mesopotamian cylinder seals. With the subsequent addition of autograph music manuscripts and innumerable acquisitions—recently including works representative of the twentieth century—the collections have grown many times over. But the focus on the written word, the history of the book, and master drawings has been maintained. Collection highlights include the ninth-century Lindau Gospels, a rare vellum copy of the Gutenberg Bible, the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, Albrecht Durer’s Adam and Eve, drawings from Leonardo da Vinci, Peter Paul Rubens and Hilarie-Germain-Edgar Degas, the autograph manuscript of Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, original manuscripts by Charlotte Bront* and John Steinbeck, and several hundred letters from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. To Observe and Imagine: British Drawings and Watercolors, 1600 - 1900 features a selection of 102 drawings and watercolors from these holdings. They range from works rooted in the careful observation and interpretation of nature, and others inspired by the imagination. The exhibition charts three centuries of British art history by encompassing a number of artistic modes and genres, among them landscapes, portraits, scenes of urban life, architectural renderings, figurative and nature studies, literary illustrations and still lifes. The exhibition includes works of art by many of the leading figures in the history of art, including William Blake (1757 - 1827) and Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825) whose imaginative and mystical drawings sought to give form to intense expression and spirituality. Among the many landscape artists featured in the exhibition are J.M.W. Turner (1775 - 1851), John Constable (1776 - 1837) and Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881). Figurative artists include Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788), Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) and Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898). To Observe and Imagine continues the series of extraordinary master drawings exhibitions that have been featured at The Frick Art Museum over the past five years that has brough drawings from outstanding collections in Vienne, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and London. It provides the Frick with the opportunity to present an aspect of a great American collection assembled by one of Henry Clay Frick's peers and business associates, while also placing important aspects of the Frick's permanent collection in a new and appropriate context. click here for more information *June 25, 2005 - September 4, 2005* This is the first major exhibition devoted to the critical early years in the life and work of photographer Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971). The Photography of Design features approximately 150 photographs and is the first exhibition to explore fully Margaret Bourke-White's important early images, many of which have not been seen by the general public since the 1930s. Beginning with her early views of Cleveland's Terminal Tower in 1927 and culminating with her well-known 1936 photographs for the cover and lead story of the first issue of Life magazine, this exhibition explores the early years of Bourke-White’s career, during which she developed her aesthetic vision and forged new territory in the field of photojournalism. This exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. and is supported by the Phillips Contemporaries and Trellis Fund. The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from Alcoa Foundation. click here for more information *April 14, 2005 - June 12, 2005* This spectacular exhibition features over ninety paintings and sculptures by many of America’s most important artists. Among those featured include the eighteenth-century masters John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West, whose canvases helped to define a national identity; Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church, whose nineteenth-century landscapes gave us a sense of the nation’s sublime beauty; and George Caleb Bingham and Winslow Homer, chroniclers of a nation coming of age around the time of the Civil War. American Beauty also shows how French Impressionism and other international movements were absorbed by Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent. The exhibition is rounded out by paintings of The Ashcan School artists, who turned their eyes and brushes to representing modern urban life in its gritty beauty, and by the enormously expressive sculptures of Frederic Remington and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. American Beauty is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Allegheny Foundation. Click here for more information. click here for more information *January 22, 2005 - March 26, 2005* English-born entrepreneur Benjamin Bakewell, in partnership with several others, purchased a glassworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1808. By the 1820s, it was recognized as one of the nation’s premier glass establishments. Existing glass objects attest to the quality of the factory’s products. Of the hundreds of other glasshouses in the United States during the nineteenth century, only the New England Glass Company and the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company had comparable life spans. This exhibition of over 130 objects, guest curated by Arlene Palmer, is formed largely of Bakewell products with an emphasis on table and ornamental glass: free-blown and molded, cut and engraved, sulphide glasses, and pressed glass. There are also representations of utilitarian production, including figured flasks. Much of the material is in Pennsylvania collections, including the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Old Economy Village, and State Museum of Pennsylvania. In addition, other major sources include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corning Museum of Glass, and private collections. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center and is made possible, in part, through generous grants from the Richard C. von Hess Foundation, the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, the MSA (Mine Safety Appliances Co.) Charitable Foundation, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, The Richards Foundation, The Millstein Charitable Foundation, PNC Advisors, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Reed Smith LLP, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, Maxine and William Block, Dominion, Mark A. and Karey J. Joensen, and Harley N. Trice, Esquire. click here for more information *Marvels of Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics from the Corcoran Gallery of Art Collection* *January 22, 2005 - August 28, 2005* Exhibition of rare and exquisite examples of Italian Renaissance ceramics from the Corcoran Gallery of Art has been extended through August 28, 2005. Click here for details. Highly decorative, painted tin-glazed earthenware known as “Maiolica” was prized during the Renaissance, as it is today, for its lively marriage of form and function, decoration and utility. This selection of Maiolica from the Corcoran’s collection provides a vivid introduction to the daily life and times of the Renaissance through utilitarian objects, which appear nearly as fresh as they did four centuries ago. Mass-produced Maiolica was available in almost any price range, to nearly all segments of Renaissance society. The wealthiest patrons commissioned custom sets and the middle-classes could buy ready-made wares. The subject matter and motifs painted on Maiolica are often derived from more famous painted Renaissance works and reflect an interest in historical, mythological or religious themes. Marvels of Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics is organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. This exhibition is made possible by the Scott Opler Foundation, Inc. click here for more information *October 23, 2004 - January 2, 2005* Selected from local private collections and the Carnegie Museum of Art, this exhibition contains highlights from the Italian, French, Dutch, Flemish, and English schools. Featured artists include Giovanni Antonio Canal (called Il Canaletto), Guido Reni, Jacopo Robusti (called Tintoretto), Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Pater, Hubert Robert, Anthony Van Dyck, and Thomas Rowlandson. The prevailing styles, techniques and the role of drawings during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is illustrated. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. click here for more information *July 17, 2004 - October 10, 2004* On July 17, 2004, the Frick Art & Historical Center presents a new body of work by Félix de la Concha. The exhibition, entitled Félix de la Concha, A Contrarreloj: A Race Against Time, is part of the Frick’s Visiting Artists Program. Over the course of six months in 2002 and 2003, de la Concha interpreted Clayton, the historic home of Henry Clay Frick, and the Frick’s car and carriage collection. It features 24 large-scale paintings (48 x 21½ inches) — one for each hour of the day — creating a panoramic view of Clayton and the surrounding neighborhood, and 48 small-format interior views of Clayton each painted in a single day. The concept of “A Contrarreloj” — a Spanish expression meaning “against the clock” — guided the artist in conceiving and creating the two series of paintings. For the exterior paintings, de la Concha positioned himself on Clayton’s terrace and divided the 360-degree panorama into twelve sections. He painted each view twice in the course of the day. Consequently, the Clayton panorama is shown in the 24 hours of the day; each panel represents one hour. The interiors are “diary scenes.” Each was painted from start to finish over the course of eight hours. These paintings represent the artist’s diary, a visual remembrance of a Victorian home. Together, the two series depict the passage of time from night to day as it is traced on the house and landscape, and the intimate details within the house that appear timeless. A new film by Julia Love and Kenneth Love documenting de la Concha working on these two series will be presented concurrently with this exhibition. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. Audio-visual support for the film screenings is generously provided, in part, by SMARTSolution Technologies L.P. click here for more information *May 6, 2004 - July 3, 2004* Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) has been described as “the American Michelangelo.” He was a superb craftsman, poet and philosopher – who became a brilliant figure in the history of America’s gilded age. This exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to view the works of one of America’s greatest sculptors. Seven of his major projects, including the artist’s tour de force, the Shaw Memorial, and more than 70 objects – full-size sculptures, bronze marble and plaster reductions, portrait reliefs, cameos and coins will be on view. Touring exhibitions of sculpture of this magnitude are rare. This exhibition is organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. click here for more information *February 28, 2004 - April 18, 2004* This exhibition explores a range of drawings and watercolors – both highly finished works and preparatory studies – which illustrate the accomplished and imaginative work of Victorian masters, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Poynter, Edward Burne-Jones, John Singer Sargent, and William Morris. Selected from the vast (over 28,000 pieces) collection of works on paper at the National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, the exhibition features a range of styles from academic drawings to more expressive, spontaneous rendering. The growing nostalgia for the past and penchant for the exotic that characterize the works present a vivid contrast to the industrialization and strict social codes associated with Victorian society. An exhibition from the National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff. Tour organized by International Arts & Artists, Inc., Washington, D.C. The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the Woodmere Foundation. click here for more information *November 28, 2003 - February 8, 2004* The rich artistic legacy of the Ottoman Empire (thirteenth through early twentieth centuries) is illustrated in this monumental exhibition. Dr. J. M. Rogers of the University of London has selected the works from the encyclopedic Khalili collection, formed by Nasser D. Khalili. Selections from the Khalili collection, which is one of the largest collections of Islamic art in the world, have previously been exhibited in Geneva, London, and Jerusalem – this is its first comprehensive U.S. tour. The exhibition will include examples of calligraphy, mosque decorations, scientific instruments, banners, arms and armor, ceramics, carpets, books, and paintings. The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. Funding for the Pittsburgh presentation was provided by the Wherrett Memorial Fund and the Paul E. Mochnick and Henry B. Grant Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation. click here for more information *September 13, 2003 - November 9, 2003* A native of Vienna, Henry Koerner (1915-1991) emigrated to the United States in 1938, a refugee from Hitler’s persecution of the Jews. In 1946, as an American soldier in Vienna, Koerner learned that his family had been killed. This exhibition of 31 paintings and 27 drawings from public and private collections in Pittsburgh and across the U.S. documents Koerner’s formation as an artist through this experience of loss. A painter of highly finished, figurative work in an era when the art world was dominated by abstract expressionism, Koerner evolved into a complex and original artist. With their private allegories, surreal ambiance, and attention to detail, Koerner’s paintings are often associated with the American movement known as Magic Realism. A Pittsburgh resident for many years, in his later life Koerner divided his time between his adopted Pittsburgh and his native Austria. The exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center and curated by Edith Balas, Professor of Art History at Carnegie Mellon University. click here for more information *Hoka-Néni: Seven Paintings by Valentin Lustig* *September 13, 2003 - November 9, 2003* Valentin Lustig was born in Romania in 1955 and currently lives and works in Switzerland. His enigmatic, beautiful paintings are filled with both art historical and personal references. Reminiscent of Bosch and the Surrealists, his paintings combine references to the near and distant past, and personal and universal themes. Hoka-Néni, Being The History of The Life and Deeds of The Incomparable Aunty Hoka, Truthfully Depicted in Seven Parts by Her Nephew Valentin Lustig, Painter in Zûrich is an inventive re-imagining of the life of his aunt, who was killed, along with her four children, at Auschwitz. The Frick Art Museum rotunda provides the perfect exhibition space for this seven-painting series created in 2001-2002. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center and curated by Edith Balas, Professor of Art History at Carnegie Mellon University. click here for more information *June 14, 2003 - August 31, 2003* Aaronel de Roy Gruber: The Frick Landscapes The Frick Landscapes was made over the past decade by Pittsburgh-based artist Aaronel de Roy Gruber. The thirty photographs comprising this exhibition have been selected from a series that revolve around Henry Clay Frick and his life in western Pennsylvania in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Gruber has interpreted the “landscapes” of Frick, as they presently exist both in Pittsburgh and the outlying counties. Urban and rural, the two polarities of Frick’s world fascinate her for the inherent qualities of the built structures remaining in these places today: the Frick home, Clayton; the remains of coke ovens lying in ruin in the countryside; the Frick family homestead in West Overton; and the family’s graves in Homewood Cemetery. Support for The Frick Landscapes has been provided, in part, through the generosity of our members and donors. Rod Sturtz, executive director of the West Overton Museums and West Overton Village, whose knowledge of Mr. Frick’s life in rural Pennsylvania, prompted us to broaden the exhibition’s scope, has also provided invaluable assistance. click here for more information *Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyping Frémont's Last Expedition through the Rockies* *June 14, 2003 - August 10, 2003* Sights Once Seen: Daguerreotyping Frémont's Last Expedition through the Rockies Contemporary daguerreotype artist Robert Shlaer has labored to recreate the great panorama of the West as it was seen by explorer John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) and expedition photographer Solomon Nunes Carvalho during their journey of 1853-54. Frémont, hired to investigate a potential transcontinental railroad route, left Westport, Kansas Territory in September 1853. Four months later, in the snowy mountains of Utah, the expedition concluded. Carvalho had made over 300 daguerreotypes that were intended to illustrate Frémont's report of the expedition. Instead, they went into storage, the report was never written, and the plates and prints were destroyed by fire. However, 34 images remain in the form of engravings that were made after Carvalho's daguerreotypes. Shlaer used these surviving images and after exhaustive research on the original expedition re-enacted the journey. His endeavor resulted in over 100 daguerreotypes, which are displayed along with a selection of the 19th-century engravings. This exhibition was organized by the Palace of the Governors, Museum of New Mexico and circulated through TREX: The Traveling Exhibitions Program of the Museum of New Mexico, supported by grants from the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and private donors. click here for more information *March 2, 2003 - May 25, 2003* Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Cézanne, van Gogh, and Picasso are among the artists represented in this extraordinary exhibition drawn from the distinguished collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Scotland. Featuring 64 works from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern periods, Millet to Matisse offers both a comprehensive view of developments in French painting of the era and a glimpse into the social history of the period in which the paintings were collected. This exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and Glasgow Museums. click here for more information *October 18, 2002 - January 5, 2003* Works by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Jean-François Millet, Théodore Rousseau, Gustave Moreau, Auguste Rodin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Paul Gauguin, and Pablo Picasso provide a lively and comprehensive examination of the development of modern drawing, from the mid-nineteenth-century drawings of the Barbizon school through the avant-garde abstraction of the twentieth century. The exhibition presents over eighty drawings, rarely seen outside of Denmark. This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. click here for more information Four Works by Linn Meyers *October 18, 2002 - January 5, 2003* As part of the ongoing Visiting Artists Program at the Frick, Linn Meyers has created Four Works, an installation in The Frick Art Museum rotunda showcasing her ethereal, non-representational drawing. These site-specific works explore illusion and reality through space, movement, light, and color. Meyers has exhibited paintings and drawings throughout the United States. In Pittsburgh, her work has been exhibited at the Mattress Factory and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. A graduate of Cooper Union and California College of Arts and Crafts, Meyers is a recipient of a prestigious 2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and has been an artist in residence at the Millay Colony and a fellow at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. click here for more information *The Keenest Enjoyment: Golf and the Fricks* *July 6, 2002 - September 1, 2002* Golf was the keenest enjoyment he had for perhaps the last twelve years, when he played…as often as weather permitted. From the unpublished memoirs of Helen Clay Frick about her father, Henry Clay Frick This summer, the Car and Carriage Museum will showcase the Frick family’s passion for golf with archival materials from the Frick Art & Historical Center and The Frick Collection in New York. The exhibition includes golf attire, clubs and balls, reproductions of historic photographs, and other golf artifacts. The Car and Carriage Museum video theatre will present archival film footage showing the Frick family and their friends “out on the links.” click here for more information *June 28, 2002 - September 22, 2002* Contemporary French photographer Christian Milovanoff, currently a professor at the École Nationale de la Photographie in Arles, presents a new series of photographs created during his 2001-2002 Frick residency. Milovanoff has exhibited throughout Europe and was featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s 1999 exhibition The Museum as Muse. In his exhibition at the Frick, he responds to the Center’s collection and historical milieu, drawing on his continuing fascination with the reinvention of place. Pierre-Lin Renié of Musée Goupil, Bordeaux, is guest curator of the exhibition and will contribute an essay to the exhibition catalogue. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center. click here for more information *April 5, 2002 - June 2, 2002* Focusing on Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), and Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) – three 17th-century masters – with a final section devoted to the talented artists who worked in their shadows, the exhibition will include examples of preparatory drawings for paintings and prints, copies of earlier works of art, and studies after nature. The selection will provide an extensive overview of the variety of purposes for which artists used drawings. The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. click here for more information *Tom Benner: "The Car Show"* *February 26, 2002 - April 14, 2002* Sculptor Tom Benner’s nearly full-size, handcrafted cars will be on view in the Car and Carriage Museum at the Frick Art & Historical Center beginning February 26, 2002. Benner, a Canadian and a practicing artist for over 30 years, is known for his examination of the relationship between humans and nature as well as his interest in Native American cultures. The works in this exhibition pose questions about the way that the automobile industry has shaped our lives and views of history. click here for more information *January 5, 2002 - March 3, 2002* This exhibition features over 100 works on paper drawn from the collection of Vienna’s famed Albertina, holder of one of the largest and most valuable collections of graphic art in the world. Dürer, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Rubens, Titian, and Raphael are among the artists represented with drawings, woodcuts and etchings, comprising a stunning collection of masterworks. The exhibition, which consists of the largest selection of works from the Albertina’s collection to appear in the United States to date, makes its debut at The Frick Art Museum. Masterworks from the Albertina: Renaissance to Rococo is drawn from the collection of the Albertina, Vienna. The exhibition is organized by the Albertina and ArtReach International. The American tour is organized by ArtReach International. Support for the Pittsburgh exhibition is provided, in part, by the Office of Cultural Tourism and by a grant from the Woodmere Foundation. click here for more information *September 21, 2001 - December 30, 2001* More than ninety works by Elie Nadelman, one of the leading modernist sculptors during the first half of the twentieth century, will be on exhibit at The Frick Art Museum, Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, beginning September 21, 2001. Entitled Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk, the exhibition focuses on the American phase of the artist's career, from 1914 until his death in 1946, during which time Nadelman arrived at his brilliant synthesis of forms inspired by such divergent sources as classical sculpture, folk art, and popular theater. The exhibition remains on view through December 30, 2001. click here for more information *June 8, 2001 - August 12, 2001* Gérôme & Goupil: Art and Enterprise examines the partnership of nineteenth-century painter and dealer-publisher, providing case study of creation of international art market. click here for more information *March 11, 2001 - August 26, 2001* A celebration of art, history, cars and baseball. Extended through August 26, 2001 in the Car and Carriage Museum. This exhibition is organized by the Frick Art & Historical Center in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Office of Cultural Tourism. The exhibition is underwritten, in part, by a grant from the Johnson Family Foundation. The Frick Art & Historical Center thanks AT&T Broadband for its generous, in-kind donation of cable advertising for the Driving It Home exhibition. click here for more information *February 9, 2001 - May 8, 2001* The Poetry of Place: Works on Paper by Thomas Moran from the Gilcrease Museum, an exhibition of more than eighty works on paper by one of nineteenth-century America's most prominent landscape painters, is on view at The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, from February 9 through May 8, 2001. The watercolors, which are complemented by several drawings and watercolors of western Pennsylvania, chromolithographs of Moran's travels in the Yellowstone region and Grand Canyon, letters, and folios containing his etchings and chromolithographs, create an intimate portrait of the artist, revealing his romantic vision of the Western wilderness, as well as his role in its exploration and subsequent popularity. click here for more information *September 9, 2000 - October 22, 2000* The Frick Art & Historical Center presents its first exhibition of contemporary art, with a major body of new work by internationally-acclaimed camera artist Vik Muniz. Comprising sixty-five photographs created in 2000, Clayton Days. Picture Stories by Vik Muniz inaugurates the Center’s artist-in-residence program, in which contemporary artists are invited to respond to the collections at the Center. The exhibition is on view at The Frick Art Museum from September 9 through October 22, 2000. click here for more information *February 13, 2000 - April 23, 2000* The beloved 19th-century French master Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) is celebrated in an international loan exhibition of drawings, pastels and paintings on display at The Frick Art Museum. An extraordinary collection of ten important drawings and pastels by Millet belonging to the Frick inspired the exhibition. Jean-François Millet: Drawn into the Light brings together works from more than 20 public and private collections from the United States, Europe and Japan. The exhibition opened at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass. and then was presented at the Van Gogh in Amsterdam. The exhibition concludes its tour at The Frick Art Museum. click here for more information Copyright © 2008, The Frick Art & Historical Center. Click here for our privacy policy.