HIGH QUALITY ARTIST PAINT BRUSHES

ARTIST BRUSHES & TOOLS

www.kolibri-brushes.com
 121 YEARS OF TRADITION

• Kolibri offers art brushes & tools for the artist. We manufacture high quality
artist paint brushes which are available in different shapes, sizes & used for
different purposes at very reasonable price. All of our brushes, from our
standard lines to customs brushes, can be ordered in small packing units.
 A SHORT HISTORY OF OUR
TRADITIONAL BRUSH MANUFACTURE

• During the 1930’s Feurer & Sohn

established a market in the British
Kingdom and the United States of
America. The name “kolibri” was not yet
featured as a brand name for high quality
handcrafted paint brushes. In this time –
more than 85 years ago – the customers
in the United States needed much time
from the order until to receive the artist
brushes. Only the order needed more
than 3 weeks from New York to Burk in
Germany by post mail.
• In the year 1936, Otto Feurer took over
the company from his father Karl. In this
time period the first reconstruction of
building complex was carried out. The
period during and after World War II was
very difficult for our company. The ability to
serve our European customers was
interrupted, but 1950/1951, the export
business resumed. Since that time, our
export business has expanded each year.
Today around 65% of our production is
exported to more than 42 foreign
countries.
• From 1960 through 2003, our company was developed
further by Eduard Feurer, Otto’s son. With hard work and
dedication, the cooperation between our company and
the customers has expanded further and new customers
have been persuaded to buy our kolibri brushes. In fact,
our returning customer base is more than 50 years old.
• Since 2003 when Eduard retired – Katrin Hackenberger,
Thomas Hackenberger, and his son Martin are the new
owners. They feel obligated to continue to produce the
same high-quality products, and to guide the company in
its traditional, old-world ways of producing the finest
brushes. That’s way after his apprenticeship as a carpenter
Martin completed a second 3-year education as a
brushmaker and additional a 3 year study to became a
master of brushmaking.
CONTACT US

Feurer & Sohn GmbH Germany

Beyerberger Str. 1
91596 Burk / Germany
E-Mail: post@kolibri-pinsel.de
Phone: +49 9822 7433