Alfred Bader's achievementsas the founder of one of the most important companies in its field in the world, as a collector and dealer in Old Master paintings, and as a legendary philanthropistmake for fascinating reading. This book begins where Alfred Bader's first autobiography, "Adventures of a Chemist Collector," ended: with the boardroom coup in which he was dismissed from the chemical company he had built up from the ground. Bader now turns his enormous energy to Old Master paintings, in which he had become interested ...
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Alfred Bader's achievementsas the founder of one of the most important companies in its field in the world, as a collector and dealer in Old Master paintings, and as a legendary philanthropistmake for fascinating reading. This book begins where Alfred Bader's first autobiography, "Adventures of a Chemist Collector," ended: with the boardroom coup in which he was dismissed from the chemical company he had built up from the ground. Bader now turns his enormous energy to Old Master paintings, in which he had become interested at a young age and in which he by now has the means to invest. The chapters that follow are roughly chronological, with some devoted to particularly meaningful paintings or groups of paintings, memorable auctions, mysteries, or discoveries relating to the artworks in the Bader Collection, while others are dedicated to friends, family, love, religion, charity, and, occasionally, chemistry."
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Very Good in very good jacket. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. First Printing. 8vo., color photographs and illustrations. 8vo. Inscribed by Alfred Bader on first page. Newspaper clipping laid-in. Outside edges of textblock sunned, very good hardcover Very Good d/j, minor shelfwear.
