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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).
Helen Clay Frick (1888–1984) was the daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs Frick. Born at Clayton, the Frick family residence in Pittsburgh, her early education took place at home under the tutelage of Swiss governess Marika Ogiz.
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.
The Frick Pittsburgh is the legacy of Helen Clay Frick, daughter of industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs Frick. The family lived at Clayton from 1883 to 1905.
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.
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...
Helen Clay Frick and the Iron Rail. In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’d like to share a story about Helen Clay Frick, the founder of the Wenham property known today as the Iron Rail. She left a legacy of volunteerism, generosity, and civic leadership on the North Shore.
Helen Clay Frick’s life was always focused on precedent. First with her father, Henry Clay Frick, famous for his wealth and second by the tragic death of her older sister, Martha, who died when she was 6 and Helen was 3. This caused her much grief, for years to come.
In Sanger's book, Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heiress, the author writes that Helen Frick's greening of her world extended beyond PIttsburgh and Frick Park. She established a 640-acre nature sanctuary in New York State, and always incorporated gardens into any developments she was involved in planning.
Apr 3, 2018 · Helen Clay Frick and WWI. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, Helen Clay Frick created a Red Cross unit and set sail for France. Helen Clay Frick (at right) and Red Cross volunteers in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, 1918.
