Gaskiyar labarin bayan daya daga cikin manyan gidajen kayan gargajiya na duniya
Henry Clay Frick shi ne mutum mafi ƙi a Amurka. An haife shi a yammacin Pennsylvania zuwa iyalin Mennonites, ya kafa Frick & Company, wanda ya haifar da coke na ƙarfe, lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 20. A lokacin barazanar kudi na 1873, Frick ya sayi abokansa kuma ya hada kansa tare da Carnegie Steel. Da shekaru 30, ya kasance miliyon.
Frick yana da kyau da kuma mayar da hankalinsa a kan layi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan masifar da Ruwan Yammacin Johnstown ya yi, an yi mummunan mummunar tasirinsa a cikin ɗaya daga cikin manyan al'amurra a tarihin aikin Amirka.
A shekara ta 1892 bayan da aka kira wani yajin aiki a Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwanci Andrew Carnegie, Frick da aka kawo a Pinkerton Detectives, wani kamfanin tsaro mai zaman kanta wanda ya zama 'yan kasuwa don haya. Wani mummunar yaki ya tashi tare da ma'aikata masu daukan hankali. Bayan sa'o'i 12 na mummunan fada, uku Pinkertons da 'yan wasan bakwai sun mutu.
Kodayake Carnegie da Frick sun ha] a hannu a kan duk wani yanke shawara ta hanyar layi, Frick ya zama sananne a cikin jarida a matsayin "mutum mafi ƙi a Amurka". Ranar 23 ga watan Yuli, 1892, anarchist da ke wakilci a matsayin mai ba da aikin yi ga masu zanga-zangar sun yi kokarin kashe Frick a wani wuri. Rikicin ya kai Frick a kafada da mataimakin magajin gari sun kama mutumin da aka yanke masa hukuncin shekaru 22 a kurkuku.
Frick ya dawo a cikin aiki a cikin mako daya kuma ya ci gaba da fadada coke da daular karfe ga wani shekaru goma. Ya yi yaƙi da Carnegie wanda ya sayar da hannunsa a kamfanin da Frick zai gudanar bayan da JP Morgan ya saya shi.
Kamfanin ya zama kamfanin Amurka.
Ya zuwa 1905, ya yi ritaya zuwa New York inda ya mayar da hankalinsa a kan zane-zanen sana'arsa a cikin shekarun karshe na rayuwarsa. Sanin cewa tarin zai zama wani ɓangare na gidan kayan gargajiya na jama'a, Frick yana da sha'awar inganta al'amuran jama'a kuma ya kafa kyakkyawan halayyar kirki.
A cikin shekaru goma na farko, Frick ya zauna a cikin Vansionbilt Mansion. Kafin a gina gidansa a kan "Millionaire Row Row", yana da masaukin Lenox Library ya ƙare. Daga bisani ya kashe dala miliyan 5 a gidan yarinyar tare da niyya ya zama gidan kayan gargajiya ga jama'a bayan ya tafi da matarsa duka. Shafin ya nuna cewa ya gaya wa gininsa cewa ya sanya gidan Andrew Carnegie a kan titin 91st da Fifth Avenue kamar "miner's shack" a kwatanta.
Bayan mutuwar Frick a shekarar 1919, jama'a sun san cewa gidan zai zama gidan kayan gargajiya. Adelaide, matarsa, ta rasu a shekarar 1931. A shekara ta gaba, aikin ya fara canza gidan zuwa gidan kayan gargajiya. Gidan kayan ado na gidan kayan gargajiya wanda ke hidima a matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya a yau shi ne mafi girma. Na farko, yankin ya kasance hanya ta rufe.
Lokacin da gidan kayan gargajiya ya buɗe a 1935, jaridu da jama'a sun damu da abubuwan ban sha'awa da suka nuna. Mutane da sauri suka manta game da aikin Frick da ke da ban mamaki da kuma kayan fasaharsa na ban mamaki ya zama abin gado.
Yau ana duban Frog Collection daya daga cikin zane-zane mafi kyau a duniya. Frick mai girma ne a cikin "tseren ga manyan masters" kuma samu manyan zane-zane da Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Bellini da Turner.
Kodayake gidan kayan gidan kayan gargajiya bai zama gidan daskararre a lokacin ba, yana da sauƙi a yi tunanin Frick dake zaune a cikin gidan a tsawo na Gilded Age.
A nan akwai abubuwa 10 da za su ga abubuwan fasaha a Frick Collection.
Frick Collection
1 A 70th St, New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-0700
Talata a ranar Asabar: 10:00 am zuwa 6:00 pm
Lahadi: 11:00 am zuwa 5:00 pm
Shiga
Adadin $ 20
Babba $ 15
Dalibai $ 10
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