Thames & Hudson or Danube & Spree?

To mark the publication of her book, The Art of the Book: 75 Years of Thames & Hudson, Dr.Anna Nyburg will give a talk about the history of the internationally famous London-based publishing house founded by refugees from Nazism.

In 1949, Walter and Eva Neurath, refugees from Vienna and Berlin respectively, founded Thames & Hudson. Walter Neurath had been a successful publisher in inter-war Vienna, driven by his urge to explain and show the world to people, young people in particular. Gradually they progressed to focus on illustrated books, on archaeology and ancient cultures before specialising in books on art and design. Seventy-five years later, their original vision of creating a “museum without walls” still resonates. As well as publishing beautifully designed and produced books in collaboration with the world’s leading artists, writers, museums, cultural institutions, and fashion houses, Thames & Hudson, still a successful  independent publisher with contacts to the original family, continues to evolve and innovate in a fiercely competitive environment.

Dr Anna Nyburg is an Honorary Lecturer at the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication at Imperial College London. She is a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies and a trustee of Insiders/Outsiders. She is the author of Emigrés: The Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain (Phaidon 2014) as well as many other publications.

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