house based in norwalk connecticut which produces authoritative art reference books . abaris is renowned for its definitive collections of titles in art history and other subjects and for its cataloguing of renowned artists such as albrecht d rer rembrandt van rijn marcantonio raimondi jean duvet wenceslaus hollar antonio tempesta the carraccis and caravaggio . the pictorial encyclopaedia the illustrated bartsch is pre eminent in their collection . founded by walter l. strauss 1 abaris is named for abaris the hyperborean . according to legend strauss named his company to appear in alphabetical listings before the other two leading art reference publishing companies abbeville press and abrams books . abaris books parent company opal publishing corporation status active founded 1970 . new york new york founder walter l. strauss successor a.s. kaufmann country of origin united states headquarters location norwalk ct 06850 distribution worldwide key people jc west managing editor publication types scholarly reference works nonfiction topics art history & art reference fiction genres nonfiction number of employees four official website abaris books website contents 1 history 2 titles 3 the illustrated bartsch 4 artstor 5 co publication 6 footnotes 7 references 8 external links history edit abaris books was founded in 1970 in new york by walter l. strauss . abaris publishes a multitude of titles which contribute to the vast fields of art history and art reference . strauss edited and published many notable titles however his largest and most significant project was to begin illustrating count adam von bartsch s famous 24 volume list le peintre graveur as the illustrated bartsch . this massive project was left unfinished upon strauss deatha 2 and abaris books became an imprint of opal publishing corporation . opal has furthered the progress of abaris and the illustrated bartsch . opal chose to focus on the illustrated bartsch as the premier title of abaris books however abaris receives worldwide recognition for their publications of the catalogues raisonn s of albrecht d rer and rembrandt . abaris currently publishes 13 volumes concentrating on catalogues raisonn s of albrecht d rer including two volumes of the illustrated bartsh one a picture atlas and the other a commentary . 3 abaris also publishes considerable titles such as the complete drawings of albrecht d rer 4 drawings of the rembrandt school 5 and the royal horse and rider painting sculpture and horsemanship 1500 1800 winner of the 1989 c.i.n.o.a. prize . 6 a warehouse fire in 2005 destroyed the entire abaris books inventory over 35 000 volumes . this included the entire collection of the illustrated bartsch . since then the small staff of abaris books has reprinted the entire collection of 104 volumes and currently works toward producing future volumes as organized under the general plan . other titles are planned for restocking and all titles remain in print . titles edit other titles include colin eisler s the master of the unicorn the life and work of jean duvet 7 udo kultermann s the history of art history 8 the definitive english translation by winslow ames of joseph meder s classic the mastery of drawing 9 fran ois bucher s architector the lodge books and sketchbooks of medieval architects 10 vladim r denkstein s hollar drawings 11 and walter strauss own chiaroscuro the clair obscure woodcuts by the german and netherlandish masters of the xvith and xviith centuries . 12 the illustrated bartsch edit often shortened to tib as a reference or simply called the bartsch the illustrated bartsch is abaris books most notable and renowned title . first aimed to illustrate adam von bartsch s list of european master printmakers present scholarship has proven omissions and incorrect attributions in bartsch s list . the first 48 volumes of the illustrated bartsch cohere directly to the artists found on bartsch s list ; however there are presently over 100 volumes in print many of them commentary and supplementary editions . these additional volumes define the scholarship of european master prints and reflect the world of art scholasticism . artstor edit in 2003 13 abaris books granted a non exclusive license to the andrew w. mellon foundation of new york to convert portions of their photographic archive into electronic format . the licensed illustrations can be viewed on the website of the not for profit educational organization artstor . co publication edit abaris has co published titles with several major institutions including hood museum of art dartmouth college 14 the metropolitan museum of art new york city 15 toth publishers amsterdam 16 art services international virginia 17 footnotes edit a january 14 1988 references edit eser thomas . walter leopold strauss . n rnberg 23.4.1922 14.1.1988 new york city . eine kurzbiografie des d rerforschers rijo research 2011 glueck grace . walter l. strauss author and expert on old masters art the new york times new york january 19 1988 walter l. strauss new york 1980 . isbn 0 89835 000 x 6 vol . edited walter l. strauss isbn 0 913870 00 5 werner sumowski 12 vols . isbn 0 913870 48 x walter liedtke 1989 . isbn 0 89835 267 3 eisler colin . the master of the unicorn the life and work of jean duvet . abaris books . new york . 1979 . isbn 0 913870 46 3 kultermann udo . the history of art history . abaris books . 1993 . isbn 0 89835 055 7 meder joseph . trans . ames winslow . the mastery of drawing vols 1 & 2 . abaris books . new york . 1978 . isbn 0 913870 16 1 bucher fran ois . architector the lodge books and sketchbooks of medieval architects vol 1 . abaris books . new york . 1979 . isbn 0 913870 47 1 denkstein vladim r. hollar drawings . abaris books . new york . 1977 . isbn 0 913870 94 3 strauss walter . chiaroscuro the clair obscure woodcuts by the german and netherlandish masters of the xvith and xviith centuries . abaris books . new york . 1973 . isbn 0 8212 0501 3 bowen william g. 2003 president s report archived june 13 2011 at the wayback machine . the andrew w. mellon foundation new york april 2 2004 a gift to the college the mr. and mrs. adolph weil jr. collection of master prints . hood museum of art . new hampshire . abaris books . connecticut . 1998 isbn 0 944722 20 2 master drawings from the woodner collection . the metropolitan museum of art . new york ny . abaris books . new york . 1990 . isbn 0 89835 318 1 guillermo jorge . cuba five hundred years of images . toth publishers . amsterdam . abaris books . new york . 1992 . isbn 0 89835 324 6 birke veronica . the history of italian drawings 1350 1800 masterworks from the albertina . asi . alexandria va. abaris books . new york . isbn 0 89835 276 2 external links edit the abaris books official website obituary of dr. walter l. strauss artstor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title abaris books & oldid 742195529 categories publishing companies established in 1970book publishing companies based in connecticutcompanies based in norwalk connecticuthidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 07 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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