Parthas Publishing House
| Parthas Publishing House | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1986 |
| Seat | Berlin |
| management | Gabriela Wachter |
| Branch | Publishing |
| Website | www.parthasverlag.de |
The Parthas Verlag ( spelling : parthas verlag ) is a book publisher based in Berlin . His focus areas include art and cultural history , art history , literature and encyclopedias .
history
The publishing house was founded in 1986 as Offprint-Druck und Papier-Veredelungs-GmbH in Göttingen . From 1991 the company was called parthas Verlag und Agentur GmbH . In 1997 the company's headquarters were relocated to Berlin and renamed parthas verlag GmbH . From 1999 the Berliner vorwärts Verlagsgesellschaft , the publishing house of the SPD party organ Vorwärts and a full subsidiary of the SPD media holding ddvg , was the main shareholder, and Klaus Wettig became the managing director . After he left the company, Gabriela Wachter (managing director of Deutsches Kunstverlag from 2011 to 2014) took over the publishing house and has been running it as an independent company since 2007. The old GmbH was liquidated after losing millions .
profile
In addition to the image lexicon series, the publisher focuses on books on art, cultural history, literature, philosophy and music. The most famous authors of the publishing house include Gerhard Rühm , Jennifer Higgie , Volker Kühn , Gustave Flaubert and Michael H. Kater . The publisher's best-known book is Lee Seldes' The Legacy of Mark Rothko .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Feser: Wealth Power and Media Influence: Party-Owned Companies and Equal Opportunities for Parties , BoD, Berlin, 2003, p. 158
- ↑ Dagoberta sees red , Spiegel Online, April 16, 2007
- ↑ Federal Gazette
- ↑ “Art fraud in millions” , Deutschlandradio Kultur , May 26, 2008