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.
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| First Name | Last Name | Profession | Born | Died | Year of Migration to the UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menashe | Kadishman | artist | 1932 (Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine (now Israel)) | 2015 (Tel Aviv, Israel) | 1959 |
| Lottie | Kagan-Rustchuk | artist | 1895 (unknown, Russian Empire) | 1974 (Hendon, England) | 1914 |
| Erich | Kahn | artist | 1904 (Stuttgart, Germany) | 1979 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Gustav | Kahnweiler | gallerist | 1895 (Mannheim, Germany) | 1989 (Cambridge, England) | |
| Andras | Kaldor | artist | 1938 (Budapest, Hungary) | 1956 | |
| Mariusz | Kaldowski | artist | 1962 (Poland) | ||
| Peter | Kalkhof | artist | 1933 (Stassfurt, Germany) | 2014 (London, England) | 1960 |
| Andras | Kalman | gallerist | 1919 (Mátészalka, Hungary) | 2007 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Samson | Kambalu | artist | 1975 (Malawi) | 2002 | |
| Takuya | Kamiyama | artist | 1989 (Tochigi, Japan) | ||
| Nadav | Kander | photographer | 1961 (Tel Aviv, Israel) | 1986 | |
| Raymond | Kanelba | artist | 1897 (Warsaw, Poland) | 1960 (Kensington, London, England) | 1939 |
| Maryon | Kantaroff | artist | 1933 (Toronto, Canada) | 2019 (Toronto, Canada) | 1960 |
| Jan | Kaplický | architect | 1937 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 2009 (Prague, Czech Republic (Czechia)) | 1968 |
| Anish | Kapoor | artist | 1954 (Bombay (now Mumbai), India) | 1973 | |
| Helen | Kapp | artist | 1901 (London, England) | 1978 (Leiston, England) | |
| Edmond | Kapp | cartoonist | 1890 (London, England) | 1978 (London, England) | |
| Chintamoni | Kar | artist | 1915 (Kharagpur, British India) | 2005 (Kolkata, WestBengal, India) | 1946 |
| Ida | Kar | photographer | 1908 (Tambov, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1974 (London, England) | 1945 |
| Mark | Karasick | artist | 1959 (Winnipeg, Canada) | ||
| Tom | Karen | designer | 1926 (Vienna, Austria) | 2022 (Cambridge, England) | 1942 |
| Mumtaz | Karimjee | photographer | 1950 (Bombay, India) | 1962 | |
| Stanisława | Karłowska | artist | 1876 (Lowicz, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1952 (London, England) | 1908 |
| Vera | Karoly | artist | 1928 (Sahy, Czechoslovakia) | 2003 (Southampton, England) | |
| Josef | Karpf | artist | 1900 (Jaslo, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)) | 1993 (London, England) | 1947 |
| John | Kashdan | architect | 1917 (London, England) | 2001 (London, England) | |
| Helene | Kassel-Perger | artist | 1876 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1960 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Bronek | Katz | architect | 1912 (Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire) | 1960 (Switzerland ) | 1936 |
| Hella | Katz | photographer | 1899 (Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine)) | 1981 (Darlington, Durham, England) | 1939 |
| Agi | Katz | art dealer | 1937 (Budapest, Hungary) | 2021 (London, England) | 1956 |
| Elias | Katzer | artist | 1910 (Berlin, Germany) | 1984 (England) | |
| Edward | Kauffer | artist | 1890 (Great Falls, Montana, USA) | 1954 (New York, USA) | 1914 |
| Michael | Kauffmann | art historian | 1931 (Hamburg, Germany) | 2023 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Arthur | Kauffmann | art dealer | 1887 (Stuttgart, Germany) | 1983 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Philipp | Kaufmann | artist | 1888 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary) | 1969 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Permindar | Kaur | artist | 1965 (Nottingham, England) | ||
| Jasleen | Kaur | artist | 1986 (Glasgow, Scotland) | ||
| Yoi | Kawakubo | artist | 1979 (Toledo, Spain) | ||
| Birungi | Kawooya | artist | |||
| Marcus | Kaye | artist | 1898 (London, England) | 1984 (London, England) | |
| William | Kebbell | artist | 1888 (Brisbane, Australia ) | 1963 (Ealing, England) | |
| Rita | Keegan | artist | 1949 (New York, USA) | 1980 | |
| Emma | Kehrmann | artist | 1867 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 1958 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Kenness | Kelly | artist | 1943 (Kingston, Jamaica) | 1957 | |
| Lydia | Kemeny | designer | 1925 (Vienna, Austria) | 2012 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Kalman | Kemeny | artist | 1896 (Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1994 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Roshini | Kempadoo | artist | 1959 (Crawley, Sussex, England) | 1981 | |
| Neil | Kenlock | artist | 1950 (Port Antonio, Jamaica) | 1963 | |
| György | Kepes | gallerist | 1906 (Selyp, Austria-Hungary (now Lőrinci, Hungary)) | 2001 (Cambridge, USA) | 1936 |
| Margareta | Kern | artist | 1974 (Banja Luka, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina)) | 1992 | |
| Theodor | Kern | artist | 1900 (Salzburg, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1969 (Hitchin, England) | 1932 |
| Rita | Kernn-Larsen | artist | 1904 (Hillerød, Denmark) | 1998 (Copenhagen, Denmark) | 1939 |
| Morris | Kestelman | artist | 1905 (Whitechapel, London, England) | 1998 (London, England ) | |
| Alan | Kestner | artist | |||
| Keith | Khan | artist | 1963 (Wimbledon, London, SW19, England) | ||
| Idris | Khan | artist | 1978 (Birmingham, England) | ||
| Priya | Khanchandani | curator | |||
| Balraj | Khanna | artist | 1940 (Punjab, British India (now India)) | 1962 | |
| Dora | Khayatt | artist | 1912 (Cairo, Egypt) | 1986 (Bryn Mawr, USA) | |
| Bharti | Kher | artist | 1969 (London England) | ||
| Heinz | Kiewe | other | 1906 (Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia)) | 1986 (England) | |
| John | Kiki | artist | 1943 (Eptakomi, Cyprus) | 1946 | |
| Emilia | Kiknadze | artist | 1902 (Poland) | 1985 (San Francisco, USA) | |
| Christina | Kimeze | artist | 1986 (London, England) | ||
| Phillip | King | artist | 1934 (Kheredine, Tunisia) | 1945 | |
| Inge | King | artist | 1915 (Berlin, Germany) | 2016 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1938 |
| Monika | Kinley | art dealer | 1925 (Berlin, Germany) | 2014 (Plymouth, Devon, England) | 1939 |
| Peter | Kinley | artist | 1926 (Vienna, Austria) | 1988 (Wiltshire, England) | 1938 |
| Seiko | Kinoshita | artist | 1971 (Japan) | ||
| Tom | Kinsey | artist | 27 (Czechoslovakia ) | 2000 (Czech Republic ) | 1939 |
| Edith | Kiss | artist | 1905 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1966 (Paris, France) | 1962 |
| R. B. | Kitaj | artist | 1932 (Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA) | 2007 (Los Angeles, California, USA) | 1957 |
| Samira | Kitman | artist | 1984 (Kabul, Afghanistan) | 2016 | |
| Rex | Kivell | art dealer | 1898 (Christchurch, New Zealand) | 1977 (London, England) | 1916 |
| Meyer | Klang | artist | 1880 (Germany) | 1948 (London, England) | |
| Robin | Klassnik | gallerist | 1947 (Johannesburg, South Africa) | 1960 | |
| Anita | Klein | artist | 1962 (Sydney, Australia) | 1971 | |
| Bernat | Klein | designer | 1922 (Senta, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia)) | 2014 (Selkirk, Scotland) | 1945 |
| Louis | Klemantaski | photographer | 1912 (Harbin, China (then Manchuria)) | 2001 (England) | |
| Andrzej | Klimowski | artist | 1949 (London, England) | ||
| Leo | Klin | artist | 1887 (Volkovysk, Grodno governorate, Russian Empire (now Vawkavysk, Belarus)) | 1967 (London, England) | |
| Clara | Klinghoffer | artist | 1900 (Szerzezec, Polish Galicia, then Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)) | 1970 (London, England) | |
| Robert | Klippel | artist | 1920 (Sydney, Australia) | 2001 (Sydney, Australia) | 1947 |
| Margarete | Klopfleisch | artist | 1911 (Dresden, Germany) | 1982 (Dresden, German Democratic Republic (now Germany)) | 1939 |
| Sylvain | Kluska | artist | 1911 (Paris, France) | 1944 (Moffat, Scotland) | 1914 |
| Stefan | Knapp | artist | 1921 (Biłgoraj, Poland) | 1996 (London, England) | 1942 |
| Karen | Knorr | photographer | 1954 (Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany (now Germany)) | 1976 | |
| Daisy | Knupffer | artist | 1908 (St Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1986 (Surrey, England) | 1917 |
| Minami | Kobayashi | artist | 1989 (Nagoya, Japan) | 2020 | |
| Zofia | Kobylinska-Olszewska | artist | 1920 (Warsaw, Poland) | 2011 | 1947 |
| Erika | Koch | photographer | 1915 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 2010 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Johannes | Koelz | artist | 1895 (Mühldorf, Germany) | 1971 (Curraglass, Ireland) | 1939 |
| Leo | Koenig | other | 1889 (Selan', Minsk governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)) | 1970 (Kibbutz Hatzerim, Israel) | 1914 |
| Ghisha | Koenig | artist | 1921 (London, England) | 1993 (London, England) | |
| Oskar | Kokoschka | artist | 1886 (Pöchlarn, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1980 (Montreux, Switzerland) | 1938 |
| Ralph | Koltai | designer | 1924 (Berlin, Germany) | 2018 (Châtellerault, France ) | 1939 |
| Istvan | Komaromy | artist | 1910 (Düsseldorf, Germany) | 1975 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Julius | Komjati | artist | 1894 (Komjat, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1958 (Hungary) | 1928 |
| Frederick | Könekamp | artist | 1897 ( Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) | ||
| Paul | Königsberger | artist | 1890 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1956 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Paul | Konody | other | 1872 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1933 (London, England) | 1889 |
| Sirkka-Liisa | Konttinen | artist | 1948 (Myllykoski, Soppola, Finland) | 1968 | |
| Tadeusz | Koper | artist | 1913 (Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine)) | 1995 (Carrara, Italy) | 1940 |
| Irmgard | Koppel | photographer | 1914 (Hamburg, Germany) | 2004 (Wellington, New Zealand) | 1934 |
| Gideon | Koppel | artist | |||
| Heinz | Koppel | artist | 1919 (Berlin, Germany) | 1980 (Cwmerfyn, Wales) | 1938 |
| Fred | Kormis | artist | 1897 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 1986 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Halina | Korn | artist | 1902 (Warsaw, Kingdom of Prussia (now Poland)) | 1978 (London, England) | 1940 |
| Arthur | Korn | architect | 1891 (Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland)) | 1978 (Klosterneuburg, Austria) | 1937 |
| Napthali | Kornbluth | artist | 1914 (London, England) | 1997 (London, England) | |
| Paulina | Korobkiewicz | photographer | 1993 (Suwałki, Poland) | 2012 | |
| Rudolf | Kortokraks | artist | 1928 (Ludwigshafen, Germany) | 2014 (Hallein, Austria) | 1965 |
| Jan Marian | Kościałkowski | artist | 1914 (Vilnius, Lithuania) | 1977 (Carrara, Italy) | 1946 |
| Leon | Kossoff | artist | 1926 (London, England) | 2019 (London, England) | 1900 |
| Adam | Kossowski | artist | 1905 (Nowy Sącz, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)) | 1986 (London, England) | 1942 |
| Josef | Koudelka | photographer | 1938 (Boskovice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1970 | |
| Zygmunt | Kowalewski | artist | 1893 (Russia) | 1950 | |
| Elaine | Kowalsky | artist | 1948 (Winnipeg, Canada) | 2005 (London, England) | 1971 |
| Fritz | Kramer | artist | 1905 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1969 (England) | 1938 |
| Jacob | Kramer | artist | 1892 (Klintsy, Chernigov governorate, Russian Empire (now Klincy, Ukraine)) | 1962 (Leeds, England) | 1900 |
| Stella | Kramrisch | art historian | 1898 (Nikolsburg, Austria-Hungary (now Mikulov, Czech Republic)) | 1993 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | 1919 |
| Marian | Kratochwil | artist | 1906 (Kosow) | 1997 (London, England) | 1940 |
| Willhelm | Krausz | artist | 1878 (Nitra, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)) | 1959 (Baden, Austria) | |
| Andrzej | Krauze | cartoonist | 1947 (Dawidy Bankowe, Polish People's Republic (now Poland)) | 1982 | |
| Leon | Krier | architect | 1946 (Luxembourg) | 1968 | |
| Matthew | Krishanu | artist | 1980 (Bradford, Yorkshire) | ||
| Margret | Kroch Frishman | artist | 1897 (Leipzig, Germany) | 1972 (London, England) | 1951 |
| Nora | Kronstein | artist | 1925 (Vienna, Austria) | 1948 | |
| Lore | Krüger | photographer | 1914 (Magdeburg, Germany) | 2009 (Berlin, Germany) | 1933 |
| Ansel | Krut | artist | 1959 (Cape Town, South Africa) | 1980 | |
| Jakob | Kudsk Steensen | artist | 1987 (Køge, Denmark) | ||
| Andrzej | Kuhn | artist | 1929 (Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine)) | 2014 (Lincolnshire, England) | 1947 |
| Ellen | Kuhn | artist | 1937 (Munich, Germany) | 2013 (London, England) | 1963 |
| Zeljko | Kujundzic | artist | 1920 (Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Serbia)) | 2003 (Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada) | 1946 |
| Yuri | Kuper | artist | 1940 (Moscow, Russia) | ||
| William | Kurelek | artist | 1927 (Whitford, Alberta, Canada) | 1977 (Toronto, Canada) | 1952 |
| Hilde | Kurz | art historian | 1910 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1981 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Otto | Kurz | art historian | 1908 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1975 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Jan | Kurzke | artist | 1905 (Hamburg, Germany) | 1981 (Chelsea, London, England) | 1937 |
| Atta | Kwami | artist | 1956 (Accra, Ghana ) | 2021 (Loughborough, England ) | |
| Feliks | Kwarta | artist | 1894 (Poland) | 1980 (London, England) |
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