Take a trip to the Upper East Side with art historian, Jay Schuck, as he leads a virtual tour through the galleries of the Frick Collection and check out works by Titian, Goya, Rembrandt, and Vermeer.
Take a trip to the Upper East Side with art historian, Jay Schuck, as he leads a virtual tour through the galleries of the Frick Collection. The newly renovated Frick Collection is an elegant museum in NYC housed in the former mansion of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. It features European Old Master paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, with works by Titian, Goya, Rembrandt, Vermeer and Turner. The museum is known for its intimate, domestic setting and exceptional quality of works. Highlights include Rembrandt‘s "The Polish Rider", Vermeer’s "Officer and Laughing Girl" and "The Bullfight" by Edouard Manet.
About the Presenter: Jay Schuck an independent curator and art historian from Long Island, NY. He received my B.A. and M.A. in Art History & Criticism from Stony Brook University. In 2019, he was awarded the inaugural Outstanding M.A. Thesis Award for my paper, Sculpting the Soul: The Bust Portraiture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Jay has ten years of curatorial experience and has worked on a variety of large-scale visual arts projects. He manages the Patchogue-Medford Library's Claire Davidson Siegel Gallery and has curated exhibitions across Long Island. His passion for art history has led him to develop several lecture-based, art historical programs, which he delivers at libraries and other cultural institutions across the tri-state area and abroad. He is an Adjunct Faculty member of the Visual Arts Department of Suffolk County Community College and the Art Department of St. Joseph’s University in New York, teaching Art History.
This virtual program is hosted by Kemmerer Library.
Register online or by calling the library at (973) 584-2400. The virtual link will be emailed to you the day before the program.
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