import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;



public class FramePanelTask extends JFrame{
private Panel MyPanel;
private int pixelSize=41;
private int numberOfBlocks=14;
private JLabel label1;


public FramePanelTask ()
{
Container theContainer = this.getContentPane();
createpanel();
theContainer.add(this.MyPanel);
createicon();
MyPanel.add(this.label1);

this.setSize(this.MyPanel.getWidth(), this.MyPanel.getHeight());
this.setTitle("My Frame");
this.setResizable(true);
this.setVisible(true);

this.setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

pack();
}

private void createpanel(){

this.MyPanel = new Panel();
this.MyPanel.setLayout(null);
this.MyPanel.setBackground(Color.black);
int tempSize=pixelSize*numberOfBlocks;
this.MyPanel.setSize(tempSize, tempSize);
System.out.println("Panel width=" + this.MyPanel.getWidth() + " height=" + this.MyPanel.getHeight());

}

public void createicon(){
String IconPath = "src/images/brick.png";
ImageIcon icon=null;

File imagefile = new File(IconPath);
URL url = null;
try{
URL imageurl = imagefile.toURL();
if (imageurl != null){
icon = new ImageIcon(imageurl);
}
else{
System.err.println("File not found" + imageurl);
}
}
catch(MalformedURLException e){
System.out.println("exception caught " + e);
}
label1 = new JLabel(icon);
label1.setLayout(null);
label1.setLocation(50, 0);
label1.setSize(50, 40);
//label1.setLocation(this.MyPanel.getWidth() - 100, this.MyPanel.getHeight() - 50);

add(label1);
pack();

}

public static void main(String args[]){
FramePanelTask f = new FramePanelTask();
}
}

You didn't have a JPanel, thats why the JLabel wouldn't add to the Panel. Code below....