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art book cologne GmbH & Co. KG
Deutzer Freiheit 107
50679 Köln
Germany
Opening hours (office and showroom):
Monday to Friday 8 – 17
info@artbookcologne.de
Phone: +49 221 800 80 80
Fax: +49 221 800 80 82
About us
art book cologne, founded by Bernd Detsch in 1997, is a wholesale company and specializes in buying and selling high quality publications in art, art theory, architecture, design, photography, illustrated cultural history and all related subjects internationally. Our team includes specialists in art, culture, music, book trade and media but in spite of our diversity we have one common ground: the enthusiasm for unique art books.
We purchase remaining stocks from museums, publishers and art institutions. We sell these remainders to bookstores, museum shops, and art dealers all over the world.
This week's darlings: Rubens and Warhol
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is considered the most successful painter of the Baroque period. Even during his lifetime, collectors were prepared to pay top prices for his works. But how did the young artist become a painter who was celebrated throughout Europe? The catalogue shows how, in the early years of his career, Rubens laid the foundations for his later success.
Drawing was an essential element of Warhol's everyday life during his early years in New York. He was particularly inspired by the blossoming magazine culture and its pictorial language. He drew a large number of subjects from the world-famous LIFE magazine. This publication presents the drawings in direct juxtaposition with the sources that he used.
