75 Jahre ars mundi | ars mundi

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ars mundi - 75 years of successful family and company history, currently in its 3rd generation.

It is a joint success. It would not have been possible without you and the long-standing connection to artists, museums, foundations and estates. And so a look back turns into a look forward, always intending to continue to offer you unique editions and originals of the highest quality with first-class service.

Selected highlights and milestones from 75 years of ars mundi - an overview:

1948 until 1989

1948
Max Bernhard Büchner founds the company.

1964
Ernst Büchner takes over the management of the company.

1977
The first edition of the ars mundi catalogue is mailed.

1978
ars mundi is co-initiator of the exhibition "El Dorado - the Dream of Gold" at the Kestner Museum Hanover, Germany.

1978
Founding of ARTES

1980/81
ars mundi is co-initiator of the exhibition "Tutankhamun" at the Kestner Museum Hanover, Germany.

1989
Start of the collaboration with Bruno Bruni.

1990 until 2001

1990
ars mundi provides the idea for the German book series Kunst-Brockhaus / Brockhaus Kunstedition.

1993
Collaboration with Prof. Markus Lüpertz - sculpture "Dithyrambe"

1997
Collaboration with Jörg Immendorff - sculpture "Alter Ego"

1999
Start of the collaboration with Vicco von Bülow (Loriot) with "The Thinker".

1999
Dr. oec. HSG Max-Georg Büchner joins the management of the company.

2000
ars mundi launches its first art platform as an Internet pioneer.

2001
Start of the cooperation with the Hundertwasser Non-Profit Foundation.

2007 until 2023

2007
Start of th cooperation width the Ernst Barlach Company.

2009
Start of the cooperation with the administration of the estate of Max Pechstein.

2014
Start of the cooperation with the Seebüll Foundation Ada and Emil Nolde - sculpture "Java Dancer".

2018
Founding of ars designio - aesthetics + function

2022
Founding of artSOLITAIRE. - Original Artworks

2023
75 years of ars mundi - for the love of art!

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The World of Art -
ars mundi since 1948

27,657 editions
87,704 items
31,567 items online since 2000
1.8 Mio. million consultationse
2,832 artists
4,929 sculptures
19,508 pictures