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Item Number: 122717
Title: Oscar Troplowitz : Ein Leben für Hamburg
Author: Pulvermacher, Martha (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9783775735384
Description: Stuttgart: Hatje Cantz, 2013. 25cm., hardcover, 272pp., 208 illus. German text. Exhibition held at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Summary: Oscar Troplowitz (1863–1918) was one of the most innovative entrepreneurs of the age around 1900. As the owner of the Beiersdorf Company and inventor of NIVEA Cream, Troplowitz introduced brands that remain famous to this day. Working with advertisers Hollerbaum & Schmidt, and film producer Julius Pinschewer, he commissioned pioneers of advertising art. For his villa, he hired the ambitious architect William Müller. During the last years of his life, the manufacturer became an enthusiastic collector of Impressionists such as Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Max Liebermann, and Max Slevogt. He bequeathed exalted works of art to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, including Pablo Picasso’s Buveuse assoupie, which was seized in 1937 and declared “degenerate.” This publication celebrates the 150th birthday of Oscar Troplowitz, and traces the life and works of this multifaceted man.

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