The Frye Art Museum is an art museum located on Seattle, Washington, USA's First Hill. The museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. Its holdings originate in the private collection of Charles (1858-1940) and Emma (d. 1934) Frye. Charles, a local businessman, set aside money in his will for the creation of a free art museum to house the Fryes' collection of over 230 paintings. The museum opened to the public in 1952.
The FryeArtMuseum is an artmuseum located on Seattle, Washington, USA's First Hill.
The museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present.
The museum's permanent collection reflects Charles Frye's relatively conservative artistic tastes, and (in accord with the terms of Frye's will) the museum is dedicated specifically to representational art.
The Frye was built in 1952 to house the art collection of Charles Frye (1858-1940) and his wife, Emma Lamb Frye (d.
The Fryes, who had no children, directed that their estate be used to build and maintain a free public artmuseum to display their beloved collection.
The Fryes initial opening, coinciding with heightened interest in modernism and abstraction, failed to generate much excitement either in the art world or among the general public.
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