Museum Hopper

wednesday was my last “real” day in new york city. i left on Thursday morning bright and early. My parents were in town and wanted to check out the frick before leaving (they were just in town for about a day). I think my parents really enjoyed it. They loved the concept of the house turned into a museum as well as the art that he collected plus the acquisitions. my mother mentioned that if she had to recommend just one art museum for someone to visit in new york city, she would recommend the frick collection. we saw the entire museum. we did miss the video since we got there soon before closing. i think my mother sums it up well, "the frick has a fantastic example of each classic artist and their quintessential piece of art." i am really happy that they moved the renoir mother and children to the oval room from the hallway. it now is framed and viewable from the garden which is quite beautiful. personally, i love the hans holbien the younger's sir thomas more...

i went to the frick collection to see the recently renovated exhibit . it was amazing to see how a coat of new paint really changed the way paintings look. it was a pretty short visit to the museum, mostly to view the few paintings. i also stopped by to see the renoir and this hans holbien the younger 's painting. worth a quick stop. times visited: 4 time in museum: 20 minutes overall: A-

i went to the frick on a sunday afternoon to check out the new visiting exhibit: masterpieces of european painting from the norton simon museum . they have five paintings on loan from the collection. they are from the "old masters." they had one of a dog that i really liked. the detail in the painting was fantastic. you could practically feel the dog's fur. i really like this museum. it was a tiny exhibit, but worth a trip up to see it. times visited: 3 time in museum: 25 minutes overall: A-

i have visited the frick twice both times by myself. the frick displays henry frick's, the steel mogul, personal collection in his personal house. the museum is his house. so, it's a very manageable size. it is beautiful. it has a really beautiful courtyard in the middle and a garden on the side, which is very pretty. the art is very much personal art. it was his personal collection and is very "liveable." in this collection are some really great pieces of art. my favorites are renoir's Mother and Children , and hans holbe i n the younger's sir thomas more. the collection has a lot m ore , but these are my two personal favorites. i visited the second time to see a painting (yes, one painting), antea , they have on loan from naples. it's the first time it's been in the usa in over 20 years. it was painted by parmigianino. it is a classic beautiful portrait from the renaissance. little is known about the subject...kind of like the m...