Alfred et Eugénie Baur Foundation
THE ALFRED AND EUGENIE BAUR FOUNDATION
As visionaries and keen philanthropists, Alfred and Eugenie Baur realised the importance of securing the necessary funding to preserve their legacy. To achieve this, they established the Alfred and Eugenie Baur Foundation in 1949, which to this day continues striving to uphold the vision of its founders. It supports projects in Switzerland and abroad in several fields:
- culture,
- environmental protection
- social work,
- humanitarian projects.
Requests for support can be sent to the Foundation using the form on this site. Only complete applications will be considered.
Please note that the Foundation is not in a position to consider requests concerning individual persons, personal requests for support (scholarships, training, theses) and projects of a religious or political nature.
ALFRED AND EUGENIE BAUR
Alfred Baur, born on 7 June 1865 in Andelfingen, in the Swiss canton of Zurich, was one of those Swiss citizens who went abroad to find new opportunities at a time when travel was an adventure. After joining the company Volkart Frères, importers in Winterthur, he left for Sri Laanka (formerly Ceylon) as a salesman. His interest in agriculture led him to develop various fertilizer formulas to increase the yield of tea plantations. Bolstered by his success in this field, he started his own company, A. Baur, The Manure Works on 29 November 1897.
In 1906, he returned to Switzerland and chose to settle in the canton of Geneva with his wife Eugénie Baur-Duret. He kept the management of his company, which he continued to develop and diversify, notably by acquiring several tea plantations. In 1938, the company A. Baur & Co. Ltd was founded, integrating pre-existing entities. It continued to diversify until today. Currently, it employs about 700 staff (baurs.com).
With a passion for Chinese and Japanese art, Alfred and Eugenie Baur gathered unique objects with the support of renowned art dealers. As they had no descendants, they donated them to the Alfred and Eugénie Baur-Duret Foundation (Collections). Since 1964, this prestigious collection has been on display at the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art (fondation-baur.ch).
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