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Henry Clay Frick, (born December 19, 1849, West Overton, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 2, 1919, New York City), U.S. industrialist, art collector, and philanthropist who helped build the world’s largest coke and steel operations. Frick began building and operating coke ovens in 1870, and the following year he organized Frick and Company.

Henry Clay Frick The second child of an immigrant farmer who married the daughter of a flour merchant and whisky distiller, Frick worked as a salesman in one of Pittsburgh's most prominent stores and became the well-paid chief bookkeeper of the family distillery; he retained an expertise in accounting for the rest of his life.

Henry Clay Frick is probably most infamous for his role in the Homestead Strike. In July of 1892 workers at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie Steel Company, went on strike because they wanted to organize, something that Frick adamantly opposed. Until they refused to come back to work, Frick locked the workers out of the mill.

Henry Clay Frick died on December 2, 1919, at the age of seventy. That evening, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were attending a farewell banquet in Chicago, their last whirlwind tour before...

Henry Clay Frick's stormy partnership with Andrew Carnegie proved to be his worst mistake, scarring his reputation and costing him control of his own company. Skip To Content Join the Conversation

The collection originated with Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), who bequeathed his home, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts to the public for their enjoyment. The institution’s holdings—which encompass masterworks from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century—have grown over the decades, more than doubling in size since the ...

The home of the Henry Clay Frick family from 1882–1905, this meticulously restored 22-room mansion represents the lifestyle of a prominent, wealthy family living in Pittsburgh during the Gilded Age, a period of immense change that shaped the creation of the modern United States. Plan your visit Explore The Frick Art Museum

Henry Clay Frick was an American business owner, investor, art connoisseur, and anti-unionist. He established the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, served as chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and was instrumental in the creation of the colossal U.S. Steel manufacturing concern. He also built the Pennsylvania Railroad and ...