Hermann Corrodi. Venice, c. 1900. Oil on canvas. 49 1/4 x 91 1/4 in. Charles and Emma Frye Collection

SEATTLE, WA.-Dreaming the Emerald City unites two of Seattle’s foundational art collections for the first time, demonstrating how Charles and Emma Frye and Horace C. Henry—founders of the Frye Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery, respectively—enhanced the city’s cultural fabric through the acquisition, display and donation of world-class paintings in the early twentieth century. On view through April 6, 2008, the exhibition is curated by Robin Held, the Frye’s chief curator and director of exhibitions and collections.

While Henry focused on American and French paintings and the Fryes primarily collected German and Austrian art, the collections have some artists in common, including William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), Louis-Gabriel-Eugène Isabey (1803–86), Eugène-Louis Boudin (1824–98) and Childe Hassam (1859–1935). The Fryes bought paintings directly from artist studios and private collectors, including Dr. Albert C. Barnes and Josef Stránský (conductor of the New York Philharmonic), as well as from Paris art dealers Tedesco Frères and the American Art Association’s estate sales. Henry bought artwork from the Paris Salon (1911), the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) and other sources including New York’s Holland and Macbeth Galleries.

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