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== History == == History ==
=== Foundation and first generation ===<!--- === Foundation and first generation ===
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On 1 December 1858 the 29-year-old ] announced the opening of a business entitled ''E. A. Seemann, Verlags- und Sortimentsbuchhandlung, verbunden mit Kunst-, Musikalien u. Antiquariatsbuchhandel'' (Publisher's Bookshop and Assorted Bookshop, connected with the art, musical and antiquarian book trade) in ], the first German publisher to focus on painting reproductions and art writing. On 15 August 1861 he moved it to Leipzig, where the company name soon became a byword for high-quality writing on art. For example, it published ]'s "History of Architecture" (1858) and his "History of Sculpture in all Times and Lands" (1863), ]'s six-volume biographical dictionary "Art and Artists of the Middle Ages and the Modern Era" (1875–1880) and the series ''Seemanns Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte'' (Seemann's Contribution to Art History, 1878 onwards), dedicated to specific artists, artworks, eras or regions.
Am 1. Dezember 1858 zeigte ] im Alter von 29 Jahren in ] die Eröffnung seines Unternehmens unter der Firmierung ''E. A. Seemann, Verlags- und Sortimentsbuchhandlung, verbunden mit Kunst-, Musikalien u. Antiquariatsbuchhandel'' an.


From 1866 it began publishing Germany's first art magazine, entitled ''Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst'' (Magazine for Fine Arts), which remained a specialist journal for the art world for sixty-six years. In 1867 it began publishing the ''Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft'' (Art Yearbook) and the following year took over the rights to ]'s work. From 1877 it used printing blocks for ] illustrations. Ernst finally handed the company over to his son ] on 1 January 1899.
Am 15. August 1861 zog Seemann mit seinem Unternehmen, das sich als erster Verlag ausschließlich auf Kunstliteratur und auf Gemäldereproduktionen konzentrierte, nach Leipzig um. Schnell wurde der Name E. A. Seemann zu einem Markenzeichen für qualitätsvolle Kunstliteratur. So erschienen hier beispielsweise von ] die ''Geschichte der Architektur'' (1858) sowie seine ''Geschichte der Plastik aller Zeiten und Länder'' (1863), ]s sechsbändige Biografiensammlung ''Kunst und Künstler des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit'' (1875–1880) oder die Buchreihe ''Seemanns Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte'' (seit 1878), die sich einzelnen Künstlern, Kunstwerken, Epochen oder Regionen widmete.

1868 übernahm der Verlag die Rechte an den Werken des Schweizer Kunsthistorikers ]. Ab 1866 erschien monatlich im E. A. Seemann Verlag die erste deutsche Kunstzeitschrift unter dem Titel ''Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst'', die über 66 Jahre lang ein Fachorgan der Kunstwelt war. Ab 1867 gab der Verlag das ''Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft'' heraus. Die im Verlag vorhandenen Druckstöcke für ]illustrationen nutzte Seemann 1877 zur Herausgabe von Bildtafeln.

Ernst Arthur Seemann leitete sein Unternehmen über vier Jahrzehnte lang. Zum 1. Januar 1899 übergab er die Verlagsgeschäfte seinem 1861 geborenen Sohn ].
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The E. A. Seemann Verlag (now operating as the Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG) is a German publisher, founded on 1 December 1858, based in Leipzig and specialising in art and art history.

History

Foundation and first generation

Ernst Arthur Seemann, 1888

On 1 December 1858 the 29-year-old Ernst Arthur Seemann announced the opening of a business entitled E. A. Seemann, Verlags- und Sortimentsbuchhandlung, verbunden mit Kunst-, Musikalien u. Antiquariatsbuchhandel (Publisher's Bookshop and Assorted Bookshop, connected with the art, musical and antiquarian book trade) in Essen, the first German publisher to focus on painting reproductions and art writing. On 15 August 1861 he moved it to Leipzig, where the company name soon became a byword for high-quality writing on art. For example, it published Wilhelm Lübke's "History of Architecture" (1858) and his "History of Sculpture in all Times and Lands" (1863), Robert Dohme's six-volume biographical dictionary "Art and Artists of the Middle Ages and the Modern Era" (1875–1880) and the series Seemanns Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte (Seemann's Contribution to Art History, 1878 onwards), dedicated to specific artists, artworks, eras or regions.

From 1866 it began publishing Germany's first art magazine, entitled Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst (Magazine for Fine Arts), which remained a specialist journal for the art world for sixty-six years. In 1867 it began publishing the Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft (Art Yearbook) and the following year took over the rights to Jacob Burckhardt's work. From 1877 it used printing blocks for woodcut illustrations. Ernst finally handed the company over to his son Artur on 1 January 1899.

Second generation

Under Nazism

Soviet Zone and DDR

1990-present

Bibliography

  • Hundert Jahre im Dienste der Kunst! Tradition, festliche Besinnung und Perspektive des VEB E. A. Seemann in Leipzig. In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel (Leipzig) 125, 1958, S. 806–808.
  • Alfred Langer: Kunstliteratur und Reproduktion. 125 Jahre Seemann-Verlag im Dienste der Erforschung und Verbreitung der Kunst. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1983.
  • Reinhard Würffel: Lexikon deutscher Verlage von A–Z. 1071 Verlage und 2800 Verlagssignete; vom Anfang der Buchdruckerkunst bis 1945. Adressen, Daten, Fakten, Namen. Verlag Grotesk, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-9803147-1-5, S. 800–803.
  • P. Neumann: Seemann, E. A. In: Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens. 2. Auflage, Band 7, Stuttgart 2007, S. 44.
  • "Ute Willer, Susanne Müller-Wolff, 150 Jahre E. A. Seemann. Die Geschichte des ältesten deutschen Kunstverlages. 1858–2008 (E. A. Seemann: Leipzig, 2008)" (PDF).
  • Ulrich Faure: 150 Jahre E. A. Seemann. In: Aus dem Antiquariat 2008, Nr. 1, S. 28–30.
  • Ralph Gambihler: Im Land der Schachtelhalme. Der Seemann Verlag und seine Geschichte ab 1945. In: Leipziger Blätter 2008, Nr. 52, S. 38–40.
  • Christoph Links: Das Schicksal der DDR-Verlage. Die Privatisierung und ihre Konsequenzen. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86153-523-2, S. 160–163.
  • Lothar Poethe (2010), "Seemann, Ernst Arthur", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 153–154; (full text online)
  • Lothar Poethe (2010), "Seemann, Arthur", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 154–155; (full text online)

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