Art publishing house Josef Fink

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Art publishing house Josef Fink

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legal form GmbH
founding January 1, 1996
Seat Lindenberg in the Allgäu
management Josef Fink (managing director)
Branch Publishing house (focus on art and cultural history)
Website www.kunstverlag-fink.de

The Kunstverlag Josef Fink is a book publisher in Lindenberg im Allgäu . He is a member of the Catholic Media Association and, with his series “Small Art Guides”, is one of the most important art publishers in the German-speaking world.

program

The focus of the publishing program is on the one hand publications on art, culture and religion, on the other hand a series of small art guides on churches, secular buildings and museums. So far (as of 2019) more than 1,350 titles have been published by Kunstverlag Fink, a third of which are art books. The total circulation is 18 million copies. From a geographical perspective, the majority of the publications are in the southern German dioceses.

The Books division includes, among other things, artist monographs, topics relating to the preservation of monuments, architecture, art history, museum and exhibition catalogs (including the catalog of the State Collections of Antiquities in Munich), treatises on cultural history, the history of religion and piety, yearbooks (including the yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese , the yearbook of the Association for Christian Art in Munich eV ), series of publications, company portraits and art postcards. The publisher also oversees the publication of the “Synagogue Memorial Volumes Bavaria”, a publication project of the Synagogue Memorial Association Bavaria at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau , which will run for several years and individual volumes .

With its series of small art guides, the Kunstverlag Josef Fink is one of the most important of its kind in the German-speaking area, after the Schnell und Steiner publishing house and the Deutscher Kunstverlag . Every year he brings about 30 new church leaders onto the market.

history

The publishing house was founded on January 1, 1996 by the businessman Josef Fink (born May 18, 1947), who still runs the company today. Fink, who comes from West Allgäu and previously worked for two decades at the renowned art publisher Schnell und Steiner in various positions (initially as private secretary to the publisher Hugo Schnell and finally as deputy managing director), chose his place of residence as the publishing house in the border triangle of Germany - Austria - Switzerland located Lindenberg i. Allgäu. In 2012 Josef Fink received the papal cross of honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for his many years of publishing work in the interests of the Catholic Church and the Pope . In 2017 he was awarded the Lindenberg City Culture Prize.

In 2004 Fink entered into a partnership with the Beuron art publisher of the Beuron Archabbey , which has since been dissolved.

literature

  • Franz Weser, Discover what the churches tell. Expert companions for the public interested in art: Art guide from Verlag Josef Fink , in: Die Tagespost No. 17 (February 9, 2006), p. 14
  • Ingrid Grohe, art printed in high quality. Ten years of Kunstverlag Josef Fink: Made a name with guides, postcards and books , in: Der Westallgäuer No. 70 (March 24, 2006), p. 27
  • Claudia Fuchs, high quality books. Kunstverlag Josef Fink celebrates its tenth anniversary , in: Katholische SonntagsZeitung No. 33 (19/20 August 2006), pp. 16/17
  • Elmar Holzer, Pope Benedict XVI. receives publisher Josef Fink , in: Der Westallgäuer No. 86 (April 12, 2008), p. 45
  • Art guide for your own church. Presented: The art publisher Josef Fink in Lindenberg / Allgäu , in: Day of the Lord - Catholic Church Newspaper for the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen No. 47 (November 22, 2009), p. 14
  • Rocco Thiede , unrecognized bestseller. The little guides that are on display in almost every art-historically valuable place of worship make millions in sales, in: Rheinischer Merkur No. 31/2010, p. 24
  • Rocco Thiede, brochures for your pocket. The kings of church leaders: The booklets are indispensable for every visitor to sacred buildings , in: Die Tagespost Nr. 57 (May 15, 2010), p. 10
  • Your own way. How authors see their publishers. Hans-Otto Mühleisen about the art publisher Josef Fink in Lindenberg, published on the 65th birthday of Josef Fink in: Börsenblatt - Weekly magazine for the German book trade , Volume 179, Issue 21 (May 24, 2012)
  • Papal cross of honor "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" for Allgäu publisher Josef Fink. Bishop Konrad presents papal award. Press release of the Diocese of Augsburg from September 20, 2012
  • Good church leaders will continue to be in demand in the future. He is not worried about his publisher: The publisher Josef Fink on a market in transition (interview with Rocco Thiede), in: Die Tagespost No. 47 (April 18, 2013), p. 10
  • Rocco Thiede, in business for over 40 years. "King of Church Leaders". The Catholic publisher Josef Fink has already looked after thousands of books , in: Katholische SonntagsZeitung No. 27 (July 6/7, 2013), p. 5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rocco Thiede: Brochures for your pocket (PDF)
  2. ^ Website Synagogenprojekt.de
  3. ↑ Pontifical Cross of Honor “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” for Allgäu publisher Josef Fink - press release, Diocese of Augsburg, September 20, 2012
  4. ^ Directory of the winners of the Lindenberg City Culture Prize
  5. ↑ Archabbey of Beuron: Info letter No. 19: On the way (PDF)