COLOGNE.- The Kunsthaus Lempertz Photography Auction, with approximately 200 lots, offers a cross-section through the history of the medium: from the early daguerreotypes and salt-paper prints to classical modern, from the ‘fotoform’ group to contempor…
Van Ham Celebrate their 10th Anniversary with Over 400 Works by Outstanding Photographers
COLOGNE.- Van Ham celebrate their 10th anniversary with over 400 works by outstanding photographers, among them regulars such as August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Andreas Gursky or Irving Penn. Moreover, Van Ham dedicate a s…
Van Ham Celebrate their 10th Anniversary with Over 400 Works by Outstanding Photographers
COLOGNE.- Van Ham celebrate their 10th anniversary with over 400 works by outstanding photographers, among them regulars such as August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Andreas Gursky or Irving Penn. Moreover, Van Ham dedicate a s…
" Light-Pictures " ~ Alfred Stieglitz to Andreas Gursky at Bank Austria Kunstforum
Vienna, Austria – In autumn 2008, the Bank Austria Kunstforum will be presenting 270 highlights from the FOTOGRAFIS collection. After two decades – the last FOTOGRAFIS exhibition was in 1986. In the FOTOGRAFIS collection, started in…
Van Ham to Auction Numerous Works by World Famous Photographers
COLOGNE, GERMANY – On the occasion of the anniversary sale, VAN HAM
presents numerous works of established photographers such as Werner Mantz,
Albert Renger-Patzsch and August Sander as well as interesting contemporary
photo art, such as Beate Gütschow with a fascinating nature depiction,
Petra Wunderlich with an urban motif and furthermore Gudrun Kemsa and Thomas
Struth. In 1959 the art historian Carola van Ham founded the auction house
“Kunsthaus am Museum” in her hometown Cologne. She had studied at the University
of Cologne, worked at the auction house Lempertz, Cologne, and for many years
was assistant to the auctioneer Franz A. Menna. When Mr. Menna retired in
1958, Ms. van Ham continued the tradition of his company as Europe’s first
female auctioneer.