Henry Clay Frick

Henry Clay Frick, the steel and coke magnate notorious for his role in the violent Homestead strike of 1892, assembled old master paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt and Holbein in his Fifth Avenue mansion. He left the house and collection to become a public museum, which opened in 1935 after his widow's death. The Frick Collection, reopened in 2025 after a renovation, remains one of New York's most intimate museums.