The strategic objective of the Ben Uri Research Unit is to be the pre-eminent academic, and social history research resource on this increasingly recognised and important feature of British 20th and 21st century art history.
The Research Unit portal grows organically, by merger, and by hosting partner links to offer the widest and most authoritative reference profiles across the Jewish, Refugee, and Immigrant contribution to British visual culture from 1900 to today.
Currently over 3000 profiles are published with another 1000 under review and research. Some 1,000 profiles, principally European, completed and published on Buru.org.uk and over 2000 profiles, principally reflecting the black and Asian contribution are published on Diaspora-artists.net which was built by Professor Eddie Chambers and recently absorbed into the Research Unit. Further extensions of reach will be announced in due course. Within our expansive coverage we have a particular focus on the 1933-1945 period and the forced journeys of ‘Hitler Emigres’ and their seminal contribution.
There are numerous ways you can search, and research, individual profiles, or groups by different contexts, who have made significant contributions to British visual culture since 1900 - from over 100 countries to date.
We separate individual searches (on this page) from group categories (on next page) and if the subject listed is highlighted then you need only click through to reach the completed and published Ben Uri Research Unit’s profile. If not highlighted it means the individual is still under research.
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| First Name | Last Name | Profession | Born | Died | Year of Migration to the UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussan | Babaie | art historian | 1954 (Abadan, Iran) | 2013 | |
| Raghav | Babbar | artist | 1997 (Rohtak, India) | 2022 | |
| Francis | Bacon | artist | 1909 (Dublin, Ireland) | 1992 (Madrid, Spain) | 1926 |
| Chan-Hyo | Bae | photographer | 1975 (Busan, South Korea) | 2005 | |
| Hermann | Baer | art dealer | 1898 (Germany) | 1977 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Peter | Baer | artist | 1924 (Berlin, Germany) | 1996 (London, England) | 1936 |
| John | Baillie | artist | 1868 (Wellington, New Zealand) | 1926 (Wellington, New Zealand) | 1896 |
| John | Bainbridge | artist | 1918 (Sydney, Australia) | 1978 (London, England) | 1945 |
| Sadanand | Bakre | artist | 1920 (Baroda (Vadodara), Gujarat, India) | 2007 (Murud, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India) | 1951 |
| Marc | Balakjian | artist | 1940 (Rayak, Lebanon) | 2017 (Muswell Hill, London) | 1966 |
| Theo | Balden | artist | 1904 (Blumenau, Brazil) | 1995 (Berlin, Germany) | 1939 |
| Annemarie | Balden-Wolff | artist | 1911 (Rüstringen (now Wilhelmshaven), Germany) | 1970 (Dresden, German Democratic Republic (now Germany)) | 1939 |
| Cecil | Balmond | designer | 1943 (Colombo) | 1970 | |
| Oladélé | Bamgboyé | artist | 1963 (Oku-Edu, Nigeria) | 1996 | |
| Jennie | Baptiste | photographer | 1971 (London, England) | ||
| Janina | Baranowska | artist | 1925 (Grodno, Poland) | 1945 | |
| Simeon | Barclay | artist | 1975 (Huddersfield, England) | ||
| Alan | Barkley | artist | 1974 (Belleville, Canada) | 1966 | |
| Gillian | Barlow | artist | 1944 (Khartoum, Sudan) | 1962 | |
| Bohuslav | Barlow | artist | 1947 (Bruntál, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1955 | |
| James | Barnor | artist | 1929 (Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)) | 1959 | |
| Mohammad | Barrangi | artist | 1988 (Rasht, Iran) | 2017 | |
| Sonia | Barrett | artist | |||
| Alvaro | Barrington | artist | 1983 (Caracas, Venezuela) | 2015 | |
| Mati | Basis | artist | 1933 (Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)) | 2024 (London, England) | 1966 |
| Poulomi | Basu | artist | 1983 (Kolkata, India) | ||
| Joseph | Bato | artist | 1888 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1966 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Masha | Batsea | artist | |||
| Alexander | Bauernfreund | artist | 1915 (Zborov, Austria-Hungary) | 1990 (Ramat Chen, Israel) | 1939 |
| Angela | Baum | artist | 1945 (London, England) | ||
| Lydia | Bauman | artist | 1955 (Warsaw, Poland) | 1971 | |
| Irena | Bauman | architect | 1955 (Warsaw, Poland) | ||
| Pauline | Baumann | artist | 1899 (London, England) | 1977 | |
| Richard | Bayer | artist | 1901 (Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire) | 1990 (Ilkley, England ) | 1939 |
| Lise | Bayer | artist | 1931 (Vienna, Austria) | 1974 (Claro, England) | 1939 |
| Clifford | Bayliss | artist | |||
| Anne | Bean | artist | 1950 (Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia ) | 1969 | |
| Felice | Beato | photographer | 1832 (Venice, Italy) | 1909 (Florence, Italy) | 1861 |
| Breda | Beban | artist | 1952 (Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia)) | 2012 (London, England) | 1991 |
| Haidee | Becker | artist | 1950 (Los Angeles, California, USA) | 1966 | |
| Guy | Beggs | artist | 1947 (Durban, South Africa) | 1961 | |
| Rana | Begum | artist | 1977 (Sylhet, Bangladesh) | 1983 | |
| Peter | Behan | artist | 1939 (Dublin, Ireland) | 1958 | |
| Monika | Beisner | artist | 1942 (Hamburg, Germany) | 1966 | |
| Graham | Bell | artist | 1910 (Brakpan, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa (now South Africa)) | 1943 (Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England) | 1931 |
| Franta | Bělský | artist | 1921 (Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 2000 (Abingdon, England) | 1938 |
| Zadok | Ben-David | artist | 1949 (Beihan, Yemen) | 1974 | |
| Zeev | Ben-Zvi | artist | 1904 (Ryki, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1952 (Jerusalem, Israel) | |
| Herman | Benjamin | artist | 1881 (Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)) | 1943 (Dudley, England) | 1941 |
| Beverly | Bennett | artist | |||
| Gordon | Bennett | artist | 1955 (Monto, Queensland, Australia) | 2014 (Brisbane, Australia) | |
| Nadia | Benois | artist | 1896 (St Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1975 (Eastleach, Cotswolds, England) | 1920 |
| Farhad | Berahman | artist | 2013 | ||
| Oscar | Berger | cartoonist | 1901 (Prešov, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)) | 1997 (New York, USA) | 1935 |
| Joseph | Berger | architect | 1898 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1989 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Otti | Berger | designer | 1898 (Zmajevac, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)) | 1944 (Auschwitz) | 1937 |
| Margarete | Berger-Hamerschlag | artist | 1902 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1958 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Alice | Berger-Hammerschlag | artist | 1917 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1969 (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | 1938 |
| Käte | Berl | designer | 1908 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1994 (New York, USA) | 1938 |
| Lazar | Berson | artist | 1882 (Skopichky, Russian Empire (now Skapiškis, Lithuania)) | 1954 (Nice, France) | 1914 |
| Anne | Berthoud | gallerist | 1942 (Switzerland) | ||
| Erich | Bertram | artist | 1903 | 1977 | |
| Tadek | Beutlich | designer | 1922 (Lwówek, Poland) | 2011 (Kent, England) | 1947 |
| Ralph | Beyer | other | 1921 (Berlin, Germany) | 2008 (Teddington, England) | 1937 |
| Zarina | Bhimji | artist | 1962 (Mbarara, Uganda) | 1974 | |
| André | Bicât | artist | 1909 (Essex, England) | 1996 (London, England) | |
| Herbert | Bier | art dealer | 1905 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 1981 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Jack | Bilbo | artist | 1907 (Berlin, Germany) | 1967 (Berlin, Germany) | 1936 |
| Aleksandr | Bilibin | artist | 1903 (St Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1972 (Harting, England) | 1917 |
| Klara | Biller | artist | 1910 (Pressburg, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia)) | 1989 (London, England) | |
| Pearl | Binder | artist | 1904 (Salford, England) | 1990 (Brighton, England) | |
| Gertrud | Bing | art historian | 1892 (Hamburg, Germany) | 1964 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Ginette | Bingguely-Lejeune | artist | 1895 (Paris, France) | 1969 (Corseaux, Switzerland ) | 1923 |
| Saranjit | Birdi | artist | 1960 (Punjab, India) | 1965 | |
| Edith | Birkin | artist | 1927 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 2018 (Hereford, England) | 1946 |
| Val | Biro | artist | 1921 (Budapest, Hungary) | 2014 (Bosham, West Sussex, England) | 1939 |
| Erich | Bischof | artist | 1899 (Berlin, Germany) | 1990 (Neuenhagen, Germany) | 1939 |
| Sutapa | Biswas | artist | 1962 (Santiniketan, India) | 1966 | |
| Misha | Black | designer | 1919 (Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan)) | 1977 (London, England) | 1912 |
| Dorrit | Black | artist | 1891 (Adelaide, Australia) | 1951 (Adelaide, Australia) | 1927 |
| Vera | Blackburn | artist | 1911 (Sydney, Australia) | 1991 (Kent, England) | 1937 |
| Harry | Blacker | artist | 1910 (Whitechapel, London, E1, England) | 1999 (London, England) | |
| Charles | Blackman | artist | 1928 (Sydney, Australia) | 2018 (Sydney, Australia) | 1961 |
| Naomi | Blake | artist | 1924 (Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia (now Mukachevo, Ukraine)) | 2018 (London, England) | 1952 |
| Jacques-Émile | Blanche | artist | 1861 (Paris, France) | 1942 (Offranville, France) | 1884 |
| Zach | Blas | artist | 1981 (Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA) | ||
| Magdalena | Blasinska | artist | 1983 (Liza, Poland) | 2003 | |
| Stanislas | Blatton | artist | 1943 (Limanowa, General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region) | 1970 | |
| Tom | Blau | photographer | 1912 (Berlin, Germany) | 1984 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Ernst | Blensdorf | artist | 1896 (Schleswig, Germany) | 1976 (Somerset, England) | 1940 |
| Maurice | Blik | artist | 1939 (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 1945 | |
| Gunther | Bloch | artist | 1916 (Germany) | 2004 (Camden, London, England) | 1937 |
| Martin | Bloch | artist | 1883 (Neisse, Germany (now Nysa, Poland)) | 1954 (London, England) | 1934 |
| Helaine | Blumenfeld | artist | 1942 (New York, USA) | 1974 | |
| Dorothy | Bohm | photographer | 1924 (Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)) | 2023 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Hansi | Böhm | artist | 1907 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary) | 1996 (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England) | 1938 |
| Marian | Bohusz-Szyszko | artist | 1901 (Trokienniki, Russian Poland (now Lithuania)) | 1995 (London, England) | 1946 |
| Adebayo | Bolaji | artist | 1983 (London, England ) | ||
| Sylbert | Bolton | artist | 1959 (St. Mary, Jamaica) | 1970 | |
| Michael | Bolus | artist | 1934 (Cape Town, South Africa) | 2013 (London, England) | 1957 |
| David | Bomberg | artist | 1890 (Birmingham, England) | 1957 (London, England) | |
| Bea | Bonafini | artist | 1900 ( Bonn, Germany) | ||
| Jo | Bondy | artist | 1937 (Chelsea, London) | 2015 (London, England) | |
| Charlotte | Bondy | designer | 1907 (Munich, Germany) | 1986 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Shannon | Bono | artist | 1995 (London, England) | ||
| Geeta | Boolkah | artist | 1957 (Port Louis, Mauritius, British Empire ) | 1965 | |
| Ruth | Borchard | collector | 1910 (Hamburg, Germany) | 2020 (Jerusalem, Israel) | |
| Karolina | Borchardt | artist | 1905 (Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus)) | 1995 (London, England) | 1943 |
| Achim | Borchardt-Hume | curator | 1965 (Düren, Germany) | 2021 (London, England) | 1992 |
| Carl | Borenius | art historian | 1885 (Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1948 (Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) | 1909 |
| Krystyna | Borkowska | artist | |||
| Andrzej | Borkowski | artist | 1949 (Warsaw, Poland) | 1982 | |
| Jacob | Bornfriend | artist | 1904 (Zborov, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)) | 1976 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Ervin | Bossanyi | artist | 1891 (Regőce, Austria-Hungary (now Ridica, Serbia)) | 1979 (London, England) | 1934 |
| Endre | Boszin | artist | 1923 (Pilis, Hungary) | 2006 (Toronto, Canada) | 1956 |
| Hilary | Bourne | designer | 1909 (Guntakal, British India) | 2004 (Ditchling, England) | 1912 |
| Ya'akov | Boussidan | artist | 1939 (Port Said, Egypt) | 1970 | |
| Denis | Bowen | artist | 1921 (Kimberley, South Africa) | 2006 (London, England) | 1926 |
| Frank | Bowling | artist | 1934 (Bartica, British Guiana (now Guyana)) | 1953 | |
| Alvin | Boyarsky | architect | 1928 (Montreal, Canada) | 1990 (London, England) | 1962 |
| Sonia | Boyce | artist | 1962 (Islington, London, England) | ||
| Arthur | Boyd | artist | 1920 (Murrumbeena, Australia) | 1999 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1959 |
| Hermia | Boyd | artist | 1931 (Sydney, Australia) | 2000 (Australia) | 1950 |
| Jaroslav | Bradáč | artist | 1945 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1969 | |
| Chris | Bramble | ceramicist | 1958 (London, England) | ||
| Winston | Branch | artist | 1947 (Castries, Saint Lucia) | 1960 | |
| Carlos Villeneuva | Brandt | architect | 1957 (Carcas, Venezuela) | 1968 | |
| Bill | Brandt | photographer | 1904 (Hamburg, Germany) | 1983 (London, England) | 1934 |
| Rolf | Brandt | artist | 1906 (Hamburg, Germany) | 1986 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Frank | Brangwyn | artist | 1867 (Bruges, Belgium) | 1956 (Ditchling, Sussex, England) | 1874 |
| Felix | Braun | art historian | 1885 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary) | 1973 (Klosterneuburg, Austria) | 1939 |
| Käthe | Braun-Prager | artist | 1888 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1967 (Vienna, Austria) | 1939 |
| Carl | Braunschweig | art dealer | 1886 (Bad Homburg, Germany) | 1963 (London, England ) | 1933 |
| Erica | Brausen | gallerist | 1908 (Düsseldorf, Germany) | 1992 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Yanko | Brayovitch | artist | 1889 (Gostilje, Kingdom of Montenegro (now Montenegro)) | 1948 (Vancouver, Canada) | |
| Antanas | Brazdys | artist | 1939 (Vašuokėnai, Lithuania) | 2022 (London, England) | 1961 |
| Marcel | Breuer | architect | 1902 (Pécs, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1981 (New York, USA) | 1935 |
| David | Breuer-Weil | artist | 1965 (London, England) | ||
| Lisa | Brice | artist | 1968 (Capetown, South Africa) | 1998 | |
| Ella | Briggs | architect | 1880 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1977 (Enfield, Middlesex) | 1936 |
| Fredda | Brilliant | artist | 1903 (Łódź, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1999 (Carbondale, USA) | 1937 |
| Alfred | Brod | art dealer | 1914 (Fuerth, Germany) | 1973 (Côte d'Azur, France) | |
| Horace | Brodzky | artist | 1885 (Kew, Melbourne, Australia) | 1969 (London, England) | 1908 |
| Pablo | Bronstein | artist | 1977 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | 1981 | |
| Romaine | Brooks | artist | 1874 (Rome, Italy) | 1970 (Nice, France) | 1904 |
| Aya | Broughton | artist | 1912 (Kyoto, Japan ) | 1997 (Torquay, England ) | 1936 |
| Kathleen | Browne | artist | 1905 (Christchurch, New Zealand) | 2007 (London, England) | 1931 |
| Paul | Bruck-Messel | artist | 1898 (Germany) | 1981 (England) | 1939 |
| Lorna | Brunstein | artist | 1950 (London, England) | ||
| Stanislaw | Brunstein | artist | 1914 (Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1994 (London, England) | 1946 |
| Pavel | Büchler | artist | 1952 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1981 | |
| Elisabeth | Buchmeyer-Lewis | photographer | 1935 (Hamburg, Germany ) | 2018 (St-Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England ) | 1950 |
| Hugo | Buchthal | art historian | 1909 (Berlin, Germany) | 1996 (London, England) | 1934 |
| John | Buckland-Wright | artist | 1897 (Dunedin, New Zealand) | 1954 (London, England) | 1908 |
| George | Buday | artist | 1907 (Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)) | 1990 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Robert | Buhler | artist | 1916 (London, England) | 1989 (London, England) | |
| Anneliese | Bunyard | photographer | 1913 (Augsburg, Germany) | 1949 (Rome, Italy) | 1936 |
| Biddy | Bunzl | architect | 1952 (London, England) | ||
| Trude | Bunzl | artist | 1904 (Znojmo, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1982 (London, England) | 1938 |
| George | Bunzl | photographer | 1895 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1976 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Ludwig | Burchard | art historian | 1886 (Mainz, Germany) | 1960 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Vanley | Burke | photographer | 1951 (St. Thomas, Jamaica) | 1965 | |
| Chila | Burman | artist | 1957 (Bootle, England) | 1950 | |
| Hara | Busho | artist | 1866 (Okayama, Japan) | 1912 (Okayama, Japan) | 1904 |
| Tereza | Bušková | artist | 1978 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1998 | |
| Hamad | Butt | artist | 1962 (Lahore, Pakistan) | 1994 (London, England) | 1964 |
| Stefan | Buzás | architect | 1915 (Tapolca, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 2008 (London, England) | 1938 |
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