Frick Fine Arts

The Frick Fine Arts building, home of the University of Pittsburgh’s History of Art and Architecture Department and Studio Arts Department, houses famous reproductions of 15th-century Florentine Renaissance artworks by Russian Artist Nicholas Lochoff. In 1911, Lochoff was commissioned by Moscow Museum of Fine Arts to travel to Italy and make a series of copies of the finest examples of Renaissance Art. Those copies, considered by some to be the closest replicas to the original works, came to the United States and were acquired by the University and placed in the Fine Arts building. The building's Italian Renaissance architecture, complete with a cloister-style inner courtyard, makes it truly unique in Pittsburgh.

The Frick Fine Arts Library is ranked among the top 10 fine arts libraries in the United States.

The fountain outside the Frick Fine Arts building was designed by Victor Brenner, the same man who sculpted the portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the U.S. penny.