Welcome to The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library WikiProject on the English Wikipedia!

We are a group dedicated to sharing our resources with the public and improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the Frick Collection, Frick Art Reference Library, and art scholarship.

Frick Art Reference Library Entrance.

Outcomes

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New Articles
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This section contains a list of new articles created through the project.

Improved Articles
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This section contains a list of articles that have been expanded through the project.

New Commons Images
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This section contains images we have added to Wikimedia Commons.

Participants

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Tasks

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Pages to edit: add additional biographical/historical data when applicable, cite archival collections, add links to finding aids or catalog records for archival collections, embed or link to digitized content.

Pages to create:

  • Symposium on the History of Art (The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art Records)
  • Raymond Neilson (Raymond P.R. Neilson Papers) – portrait image cites him
  • J. Hall Pleasants (J. Hall Pleasants Research Files) – mentioned in Gustuvus Hesselius entry
  • James Sanford Ellsworth (Lucy B. Mitchell Research Files on James Sanford Ellsworth)
  • John Hill Morgan (John Hill Morgan Research Files)
  • Lawrence Park (Lawrence Park Research Files on Gilbert Stuart; Lawrence Park Diary)
  • Frick Archives (linked from Highlights section of Frick Art Reference Library
  • Comprehensive list of Frick Exhibitions
  • Individual entries for important artworks at the Frick not already created Category:Paintings of the Frick Collection
  • Create articles for books (e.g. Building the Frick Collection, other Frick publications)
  • Create pages for important collections within the Photoarchive (Highlights)
  • Create page for Mary Jane Morgan, owner of the Peachbloom Vase William Walters purchased at her auction (Gilded Age 3 project)
  • Felix Thomas Sharples, American artist
  • Arthur Parson, American painter
  • Eliab Metcalf, American artist
  • Sarah Perkins, American artist
  • Article on Directors of The Frick Collection
  • Elizabeth Glaser, American artist

Images:

  • Make sure Frick images in Commons have correct information
  • Add Frick artwork not already represented to Commons
  • Contribute public domain Archives images to the Commons
  • Contribute public domain Photoarchive images (then link uploaded artwork images to existing Wikipedia entries of lesser known artists that currently have no image example available)

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Other:

  • Work to merge Henry Clay Frick House with the Frick Collection
  • Provide citation template for each artwork in collections.frick.org (e.g. Cooper-Hewitt or Powerhouse - "If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:")