Hirmer Verlag

Hirmer Verlag
Founded 1948
Founder Max Hirmer
Country of origin Germany
Headquarters location Munich
Distribution Koch, Neff & Oetinger & Co. (Germany; German books in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, South America)
Thames & Hudson (English books in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, South America)[1]
Casemate Publishers (German books in US)[2]
Chicago Distribution Center (English books in US)[3]
Publication types Books
Nonfiction topics Art
Owner(s) Dirk Ippen
Official website www.hirmerverlag.de

The Hirmer Verlag is a German art book publishing house based in Munich.

Publishing history

The publisher was founded in 1948 by Max Hirmer and his wife Aenne.[4] Since 1952 it has been called the Hirmer Verlag and began publishing books in the 1950s.[5] After Max Hirmer retirement, his son Albert Hirmer took over the management of the publishing house. Since 2011 the publishing house belongs to the newspaper publisher Dirk Ippen.[6] The management has been with Thomas Zuhr since 2009.[7] Hirmer Verlag has its headquarters in Munich and is one of the largest publishers of art books in Germany.

Publishing program

The publishing program contains books about painting, photography, architecture, sculpture, drawing, fashion, and cultural history, as well as a scientific publication series and extensive catalogs. Since the 2000s the publishing house has expanded the area of contemporary art.

Exhibition catalogs are also part of the publisher's program as well as authors' books, which are often developed and implemented in long-term in house preparations. In addition is the regular appearance of the Hirmer collector's editions: original works, which are numbered, signed, and published in strictly limited editions.

International art

The majority of the publications are in German, but more than 200 English-language titles[8] are available. The publishing house cooperates with Thames & Hudson and the University of Chicago Press.

Goldene Letter

In 2018, the publishing house Hirmer Verlag received the Goldene Letter, the highest award of the international competition for the most beautiful books from all over the world, for Heimat, Handwerk und die Utopie des Alltäglichen.Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Contact
  2. ↑ Featured Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
  3. ↑ Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center
  4. ↑ Aenne Hirmer ist tot: Noch mit 95 Jahren lektoriert, boersenblatt.net, 11. Juli 2017, abgerufen am 11. Juli 2017
  5. ↑ Scharioth, Babara (1978). Verlagsporträt: Hirmer in München. Ungebrochene Freude. Eher durch Zufall zum Verleger (in German). Börsenblatt des deutschen Buchhandels,34/1978. p. 14– 15.
  6. ↑ "Hirmer Verlag geht an Dr. Dirk Ippen" (in German). BuchMarkt. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Thomas Zuhr wird Geschäftsführer des Hirmer Verlages München" (in German). BuchMarkt. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kunstbuchspezialist startet Imprint für englischsprachige Märkte" (PDF). buchreport.de (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Börsenblatt: Hirmer-Buch gewinnt Goldene Letter
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