<ul><li>Henry Clay Frick, a wealthy American businessman, developed a passion for art collection during the Gilded Age.</li><li>Frick focused on acquiring works by Europe's old masters, including Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as modern artists like Manet and Degas.</li><li>He assembled one of the world's finest private collections and displayed them in his Fifth Avenue mansion, which is now the Frick Collection museum.</li><li>Frick was known for his competitive nature in acquiring art, often competing against fellow wealthy collectors, including J.P. Morgan and Isabella Stewart Gardner.</li></ul>

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