Title: Insiders/outsiders : refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British visual culture /
Authors: Bohm-Duchen, Monica,; Rosenthal, Norman
Year: 2019
Subjects: Jewish refugees Great Britain; Jewish artists Great Britain.; Art, British European influences.; Europeans Great Britain History; Europeans; Great Britain
Abstract: Insiders/Outsiders', published to accompany a UK-wide arts festival of the same name in 2019, examines the extraordinarily rich and pervasive contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to the visual culture, art education and art-world structures of the United Kingdom. In every field, emigres arriving from Europe in the 1930s - supported by a small number of like-minded individuals already resident in the UK - introduced a professionalism, internationalism and bold avant-gardism to a British art world not known for these attributes. 0At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life.00Exhibition: Arts festival throughout Britain (May 2019 - May 2020).