Frieder Burda
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Frieder Burda is a German art collector and Freeman of Baden-Baden
.
. Known as a major collector of highly valued artworks, in 2004 he opened the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden in a €20 million building designed by architect Richard Meier
.
Together with his older brother Franz Burda junior|Franz and his younger brother
Hubert
, Freider Burda grew up in Offenburg
. After finishing school
in Offenburg
, Triberg and Switzerland
, he completed a print and a publishing qualification. Burda was trained in his father's business group. Later he lived in France, were he was involved as a magazine publisher. Then He spent several years in England
and the United States
before he became a printer in Darmstadt
. He developed his company into one of the leading Commercial Print foundries in Europe
.
Included in his collection is a 1946 Jackson Pollock
work, The Tea Cup
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
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Life
Burda is the second son of the publisher Franz Burda and his wife Aenne BurdaAenne Burda
Aenne Burda , born Anna Magdalene Lemminger, was a German publisher of the Burda Group, a media group based in Offenburg and Munich, Germany. She was one of the symbols of German economic miracle.- Biography :...
. Known as a major collector of highly valued artworks, in 2004 he opened the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden in a €20 million building designed by architect Richard Meier
Richard Meier
Richard Meier is an American architect, whose rationalist buildings make prominent use of the color white.- Biography :Meier is Jewish and was born in Newark, New Jersey...
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Together with his older brother Franz Burda junior|Franz and his younger brother
Younger Brother
Younger Brother is an electronic duo formed in 2003 by Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan. Their debut album A Flock of Bleeps was released in 2003, followed by The Last Days of Gravity in 2007 and Vaccine in 2011....
Hubert
Hubert Burda
Hubert Burda is a German art historian and publisher. Hubert Burda is CEO and owner of Hubert Burda Media, publishing more than 250 magazines inside and outside Germany...
, Freider Burda grew up in Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
. After finishing school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
in Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
, Triberg and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, he completed a print and a publishing qualification. Burda was trained in his father's business group. Later he lived in France, were he was involved as a magazine publisher. Then He spent several years in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
before he became a printer in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
. He developed his company into one of the leading Commercial Print foundries in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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Included in his collection is a 1946 Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...
work, The Tea Cup