Johannes Press

Otto Kallir re-established the Verlag der Johannespresse as Johannes Press in New York in 1944. The Verlag der Johannespresse existed from 1923 until 1928 and published bibliophile books. After ending his publishing activities, Kallir worked as an art dealer. In 1938 he aryanized his gallery in pretense and left for Switzerland and then went to France, where he opened another gallery. He was not able to stay for a long time, and in 1939 he fled again and went to the USA.

Resources

Fischer, Ernst: Verleger, Buchhaendler und Antiquare aus Deutschland und Oesterreich in der Emigration nach 1933: ein biographisches Handbuch / von Ernst Fischer. - Stuttgart : Verband Deutscher Antiquare, 2011
Wiener Kunstgeschichte. Otto Kallir. Bearb. von Anna Michalowska http://www.univie.ac.at/geschichtegesichtet/o_kallir.html
Otto Kallir (2011) http://www.austria-lexikon.at/af/AEIOU/Kallir%2C_Otto_eigentlich_O._Nirenstein

Location: New York

Period: 1944-at least 1967

Publisher(s): Otto Kallir -- April 1, 1894 Vienna - November 30, 1978 New York

Author(s): Richard Beer-Hofmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Max Roden

Number of Titles Published: unknown