| Parent: | Ten Speed Press (Crown Publishing Group (Penguin Random House) |
| Founded: | 1937 |
| Founder: | Ernest Watson and Arthur L. Guptill |
| Country: | United States |
| Headquarters: | 1745 Broadway, New York City (Random House Tower) |
| Publications: | Books |
| Imprints: | Amphoto Books Back Stage Books Billboard Books |
Watson-Guptill is an American publisher of instructional books in the arts.[1]
The company was founded in 1937 by Ernest Watson, Ralph Reinhold, and Arthur L. Guptill.[2] They also published the magazine American Artist.[3] Their headquarters are at 1745 Broadway, New York City, Random House Tower.[4]
Billboard Publications acquired Watson-Guptill in 1962. The Dutch publisher VNU (later renamed the Nielsen Company) acquired Billboard in 1993.[5] Random House acquired Watson-Guptill from Nielsen in 2008.[6] Five years later, Random House, which was owned by Bertelsmann and the Penguin Group, owned by Pearson PLC, merged to form the Penguin Random House company.[7] [8] Watson-Guptill became an imprint of Ten Speed Press in 2013.[9]