The Entrepreneur
Baur Asia is the younger sister of A. Baur & Company (Private) Limited, which was founded in 1897 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Alfred Baur. The company initially dealt with fertilizers and later extended business as a pioneer in the scientific manuring in Sri Lanka. Today A. Baur & Company (Private) Limited is one of the major importers and distributors in Sri Lanka of agro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals and textile dyes.
To learn more about Alfred Baur’s quest, visit A. Baur’s website here:
A. Baur & Co.(Pvt) Ltd
The Art Collector
In 1906, Alfred returned to live in Switzerland, choosing to settle in Geneva, the hometown of his wife. While he continued to manage his business in Colombo, he discovered a new passion as an art collector. His first purchases included Japanese ceramics, lacquer ware, netsuke and sword fittings as well as Chinese jades. But soon he found interest in Chinese ceramics. Shortly before his death in 1951, Alfred purchased a town house in the centre of Geneva with the intention of turning it into a museum. The Baur Collection, Museum of Far Eastern Art first opened to the public in 1964.
To learn more about Alfred’s passion, visit the museum’s website here:
Collection Baur
Museum of Arts of Far Eastern collectibles in Geneva, Switzerland
