Nkhani yeniyeni yomwe imakhala m'mabwalo amodzi osungirako zinthu zakale kwambiri padziko lapansi
Henry Clay Frick anali munthu wodedwa kwambiri ku America. Atabadwira kumadzulo kwa Pennsylvania kupita kwa banja la Mennonite, anapanga Frick & Company, yomwe inapanga iron coke, ali ndi zaka 20. Panthawi yachuma cha 1873, Frick anagula makampani ake ndipo adagwirizana ndi Carnegie Steel. Ali ndi zaka 30, anali mamilioni.
Frick inali yochenjera ndipo inaganizira mwatsatanetsatane. Posakhalitsa zoopsa za mchigumula cha Johnstown, mbiri yake yoopsya inakhazikika mu mitu yonyansa kwambiri mu mbiri ya ntchito ya ku America.
Mu 1892 atatha kuitanidwa ku Plant Homestead ya Andrew Carnegie, Frick anabweretsa ku Pinkerton Detectives, omwe anali ogwira ntchito yodzitetezera. Nkhondo yoopsa inayamba ndi ogwira ntchito. Pambuyo pa maola 12 akumenyana kwakukulu, atatu a Pinkertons ndi aamuna asanu ndi awiri adaphedwa.
Ngakhale kuti Carnegie ndi Frick adagwirizanitsa pazochita zonse kudzera pa telegraph, Frick adadziwika mu nyuzipepala ngati "munthu wodedwa kwambiri ku America". Pa July 23, 1892, anarchist akuyesa ngati wogwira ntchito kwa oyambitsa zida anayesera kupha Frick pamfuti. Mbalameyi inamenyana ndi Frick m'mapewa ndipo pulezidentiyo adagwira mfutiyo amene anamangidwa zaka 22 m'ndende.
Frick anali kubwerera kuntchito mkati mwa sabata ndipo anapitiriza kupititsa patsogolo coke yake ndi ufumu wa zitsulo kwa zaka khumi. Anamenyana ndi Carnegie amene potsiriza anagulitsa magawo ake ku kampani yomwe Frick angayang'anire itatha kugula ndi JP Morgan .
Kampaniyo inakhala US Steel.
Pofika m'chaka cha 1905, adapuma ku New York komwe adayang'ana pa zojambulajambula zake zaka zapitazo. Podziwa kuti kusonkhanitsa kumakhala gawo la nyumba yosungiramo zamalonda, Frick anali ndi chikhumbo chofuna kusintha chithunzi chake ndi kukhazikitsa cholowa choposa, cholungama.
Kwa zaka khumi zoyambirira, Frick amakhala mu Vanderbilt Mansion yabwino. Pamaso pa nyumba yake yokhayo isanamangidwe pa "Miliyoni ya Row", adawononga nyumba yosangalatsa ya Lenox Library. Kenaka adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana madola 5 miliyoni pa nyumbayo kuti cholinga chake chikhale nyumba yosungiramo zojambulajambula kwa anthu pambuyo poti iye ndi mkazi wake amwalira. Lembali ndiloti adawuza katswiri wake kuti apange malo a Andrew Carnegie pa 91st Street ndi Fifth Avenue akuwoneka ngati "mthunzi wamagetsi" poyerekeza.
Pa kufa kwa Frick mu 1919, anthu onse adadziwa kuti nyumbayo idzakhala yosungirako zinthu zakale. Adelaide, mkazi wake, anamwalira mu 1931. Chaka chotsatira, ntchito inayamba kusintha nyumbayo ku museum. Nyumba yosungiramo nyumba yosungiramo nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yomwe imakhala ngati nyumba ya nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale lero inali yaikulu kwambiri. Pambuyo pake, deralo linali loyendetsa.
Pamene nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale inatsegulidwa mu 1935, makampani ndi anthu onse adadabwa ndi chuma chodabwitsa chomwe chikuwonetsedwa. Anthu mwamsanga anaiwala za ntchito ya Frick yomwe inali yosangalatsa kwambiri ndipo zojambula zake zochititsa chidwi kwambiri zinakhala cholowa chake.
Masiku ano Frick Collection imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwa zojambula bwino kwambiri zosonkhanitsa padziko lapansi. Frick anali munthu wamkulu mu "masewera a ambuye akulu" ndipo adapeza zojambulajambula zazikulu za Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Bellini ndi Turner.
Ngakhale nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale si nyumba yotentha nthawi, zimakhala zosavuta kulingalira Frick kukhala mu nyumbayo pa msinkhu wa zaka zokongola.
Pano pali zojambula 10 zoyenera kuwona pa Frick Collection.
Frick Collection
1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-0700
Lachiwiri mpaka Loweruka: 10:00 am mpaka 6:00 pm
Lamlungu: 11:00 am mpaka 5:00 pm
Kuloledwa
Akuluakulu $ 20
Okalamba $ 15
Ophunzira $ 10
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