The Frye Art Museum is a modern and contemporary art museum located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1952 to house the collection of Charles and Emma Frye and has since grown to include rotating temporary exhibitions of emerging and contemporary artists. The museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. Its holdings originated from the private collection of Charles H. Frye (1858–1940) and Emma Lamp Frye (d. 1934). The Fryes' were first generation Americans of German descent who collected primarily German and Austrian artwork, often purchased directly from studios in Munich. Charles Frye was the owner of a local meatpacking plant in Seattle. He set aside money in his will for a museum to house the Fryes' collection of 232 paintings. The Fryes' collection was first offered to the Seattle Art Museum but it was declined due to restrictions stipulated in the will which specified that the artwork must be on permeant display, be shown under natural light, not be shown with abstract work, and that admission to view the works remain free of charge. After Charles and Emma Frye had both died and following the sale of their home in 1941, many of their collected paintings, overseen by Walser Greathouse, were moved to the meat plant on Airport Way in SoDo, Seattle. The stored artwork survived a major fire at the plant on Feb. 18, 1943, following the crash of a B-29 bomber prototype, then a top secret military project. More information...
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