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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | MacDiarmid | artist | 1922 (Taihape, New Zealand) | 2020 (Paris, France) | 1948 |
| David | Mach | artist | 1956 (Methil, Scotland) | ||
| David | Mach | artist | 1956 (Scotland) | 1941 | |
| Sekai | Machache | artist | 1989 | ||
| Otto | Maciąg | artist | 1918 (Sopron, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 2000 (Monmouth, Wales) | 1940 |
| Kuniko | Maeda | artist | |||
| Mayotte | Magnus | photographer | 1934 (Algiers, French Algeria ) | 1959 | |
| Paul | Maheke | artist | 1985 (Brive-la-Gaillarde, France) | 2015 | |
| Anna | Mahler | artist | 1904 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1988 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Mari | Mahr | photographer | 1941 (Santiago, Chile) | 1972 | |
| Rolf | Mahrenholz | photographer | 1908 (Königsberg, Germany) | 1991 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Harald | Mahrenholz | artist | 1904 (Breslau (now Wrocław and in Poland)) | 1994 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Taus | Makhacheva | artist | 1983 (Moscow, USSR (now Russia)) | ||
| Bashir | Makhoul | artist | 1963 (Galilee, Israel) | 1988 | |
| Raphael | Maklouf | artist | 1937 (Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)) | 1945 | |
| William | Maks de May | designer | 1917 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1993 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Hanaa | Malallah | artist | 1958 (Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq) | 2008 | |
| Yashwant | Mali | artist | 1934 (Bombay, British India (now Mumbai, India)) | 1962 | |
| Antoni | Malinowski | artist | 1955 (Warsaw, Poland) | 1980 | |
| Felix | Man | photographer | 1893 (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) | 1985 (London, England) | 1934 |
| Melanie | Manchot | artist | 1966 (Witten, West Germany) | 1989 | |
| Kirti | Mandir | artist | 1953 (Nairobi, British Kenya ) | 1979 | |
| Anita | Mandl | artist | 1926 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 2022 (Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England) | 1939 |
| Erna | Mandowsky | art historian | 1906 (Hamburg, Germany) | 2003 (Seattle, USA) | 1934 |
| Nina | Mangalanayagam | artist | |||
| Louis | Maqhubela | artist | 1939 (Durban, South Africa) | 2021 (London, England) | 1978 |
| Romek | Marber | designer | 1925 (Turek, Poland) | 2020 (London, England) | 1946 |
| Otto | Marcus | artist | 1863 (Malchin, Germany) | 1952 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Agnes | Marden | artist | 1915 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | ||
| Marevna | artist | 1892 (Cheboksary, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1984 (London, England) | 1948 | |
| Kojo | Marfo | artist | 1980 | 2000 | |
| Yoshio | Markino | artist | 1869 (Komoro (now Toyota City), Japan) | 1956 (Kamakura, Japan) | 1897 |
| Margarete | Marks | artist | 1899 (Cologne, Germany) | 1990 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Lili | Márkus | ceramicist | 1900 (Eszék, Austria-Hungary (now Osijek, Croatia)) | 1962 (Glossop, Derbyshire, England) | 1939 |
| Alvin | Marriott | artist | 1902 ( St. Andrew, Jamaica ) | 1992 (Miami, USA) | 1947 |
| William | Martin | artist | 1988 (Cape Town, South Africa) | 2011 | |
| Taslim | Martin | artist | 1962 (London, England) | ||
| Fortunino | Matania | artist | 1881 (Naples, Italy) | 1963 (London, England) | 1901 |
| Rene | Matić | artist | 1997 (Peterborough, England ) | ||
| Kōjirō Matsukata | Matsukata | collector | 1865 (Satsuma, Japan) | 1950 (Osaka, Japan) | 1916 |
| Rui | Matsunaga | artist | 1968 (Japan) | 1996 | |
| Ryuson | Matsuyama | artist | 1880 (Aomori, Japan) | 1954 (England) | 1911 |
| Francis | Matthiesen | art dealer | 1897 (Hanover, Germany ) | 1963 (London, England ) | 1933 |
| Moshe | Maurer | artist | 1891 (Brody, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)) | 1971 (London, England) | 1940 |
| Betti | Mautner | photographer | 1892 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1989 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Marie | Mautner-Kalbeck | artist | 1886 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1972 (Vienna, Austria) | 1939 |
| Phineas | May | cartoonist | 1906 (Essex, England) | 1995 (London, England) | |
| Charlotte | Mayer | artist | 1929 (Prague, Czechoslovakia) | 2022 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Rivka | Mayer | artist | 1938 (Canakkale, Türkiye) | 1990 (Israel) | |
| George | Mayer-Marton | artist | 1897 (Győr, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1960 (Liverpool, England) | 1938 |
| Anna | Mayerson | artist | 1906 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1984 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Michael | McMillan | artist | 1962 (High Wycombe, England) | ||
| Althea | McNish | designer | 1924 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) | 2020 (London, England) | 1951 |
| Steve | McQueen | artist | 1969 (London, England) | ||
| David | Medalla | artist | 1938 (Manila, Philippines) | 2020 (Phillipines) | 1960 |
| Reuben | Mednikoff | artist | 1906 (London, England) | 1972 (Bexhill on Sea, England) | |
| Dora | Meeson | artist | 1869 (Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia) | 1955 (London, England) | 1900 |
| Else | Meidner | artist | 1901 (Berlin, Germany) | 1987 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Ludwig | Meidner | artist | 1884 (Bernstadt, Germany) | 1966 (Darmstadt, West Germany) | 1939 |
| Hans | Meier | art historian | 1900 (Itzehoe, Germany) | 1941 (London, England) | |
| Frank | Meisler | architect | 1925 (Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland)) | 2018 (Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel) | 1939 |
| Lotte | Meitner-Graf | photographer | 1899 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1973 (London, England) | 1937 |
| Alicia | Melamed Adams | artist | 1927 (Boryslav, Poland (now Ukraine)) | 1950 | |
| Abraham | Melnikov | artist | 1892 (Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Moldova and Ukraine)) | 1960 (Haifa, Israel) | 1934 |
| Renée | Mendel | artist | 1908 (Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) | 1998 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Edward | Mendelsohn | architect | 1928 (Vienna, Austria) | 1939 | |
| Erich | Mendelsohn | architect | 1887 (Allenstein, Germany (now Olstztyn, Poland)) | 1953 (San Francisco, California, USA) | 1933 |
| Susie | Mendelsson | artist | 1955 (Hackney, London, England) | ||
| Eva | Mendelsson | other | 1931 (Gengenbach, Germany) | 1945 | |
| Bernard | Meninsky | artist | 1891 (Konotop, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)) | 1950 (London, England) | 1891 |
| Gaetano | Meo | artist | 1849 (Laurenzana, Italy) | 1925 (London, England) | 1865 |
| Shaheen | Merali | artist | 1959 (Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, British Empire (now Tanzania)) | 1970 | |
| Kobena | Mercer | art historian | 1960 (London, England) | ||
| Lala | Meredith-Vula | photographer | 1966 (Sarajevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)) | 1970 | |
| Georg | Merkel | artist | 1881 (Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine)) | 1976 (Vienna, Austria) | |
| Édouard | Mesens | artist | 1903 (Brussels, Belgium) | 1971 | 1936 |
| Gustav | Metzger | artist | 1926 (Nuremberg, Germany) | 2017 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Isi | Metzstein | architect | 1928 (Mitte, Berlin, Germany) | 2012 (Glasgow, Scotland) | |
| Klaus | Meyer | artist | 1918 (Berlin, Germany) | 2002 (Cambridge, England) | 1938 |
| Renate | Meyer | artist | 1930 (Berlin, Germany) | 2014 (Shortlands, Bromley, England) | 1933 |
| Wojciech | Meyer | artist | 1913 (Poland ) | 1989 (London, England) | |
| Wolfgang | Meyer-Michael | artist | 1890 (Rheda, Germany) | 1976 (London, England) | 1963 |
| Robert | Meyer-Sée | art dealer | 1884 (Dijon, France) | 1969 ( Saint-Quentin-la Motte, France) | 1902 |
| Marcia | Michael | artist | 1973 (London, England) | ||
| Margaret | Michaelis | gallerist | 1902 (Dzieditz, Poland) | 1985 (Melbourne, Australia) | |
| Bronka | Michalowska | artist | 1915 (Carske Selo, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 2015 (Toronto, Canada) | 1939 |
| Helga | Michie | artist | 1921 (Vienna, Austria) | 2018 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Gregoire | Michonze | artist | 1902 (Kishinev, Russian Empire (now Chișinău, Moldova)) | 1982 (Paris, France) | 1948 |
| Peter | Midgley | artist | 1921 (Berlin, Germany) | 1991 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Stanislaw | Mikula | artist | 1907 (Lviv, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine)) | 1977 | |
| Elly | Miller | publisher | 1928 (Vienna, Austria) | 2020 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Lisa | Milroy | artist | 1959 (Vancouver, Canada) | 1978 | |
| Bill | Ming | artist | 1944 (Bermuda) | 1971 | |
| Maurice | Minkowski | artist | 1881 (Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1930 (Buenos Aries, Argentina) | |
| Dhruva | Mistry | artist | 1957 (Kanjari, Gujarat, India) | 1981 | |
| Alnoor | Mitha | artist | 1961 (Ngora, Protectorate of Uganda, British Empire (now Uganda)) | 1972 | |
| Partha | Mitter | art historian | 1938 | ||
| Piotr | Mleczko | artist | 1919 (Poland) | 1995 (England) | 1946 |
| Prafulla | Mohanti | artist | 1936 (Nanpur, Orissa (now Odisha), India) | 1960 | |
| Lucia | Moholy | photographer | 1894 (Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)) | 1989 (Zurich, Switzerland) | 1934 |
| László | Moholy-Nagy | photographer | 1895 (Bácsborsód, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1946 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) | 1935 |
| Gerald | Moira | artist | 1867 (London, England) | 1959 (Northwood, London, England) | |
| Daniel | Moiseiwitsch | artist | 1919 (Odessa, Russia) | 1944 (Anzio, Italy) | 1921 |
| Tanya | Moiseiwitsch | designer | 1914 (London, England) | 2003 (London, England) | |
| Urushibara | Mokuchu | artist | 1888 (Tokyo, Japan) | 1953 (Tokyo, Japan) | 1910 |
| Farwa | Moledina | artist | 1993 (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania) | 2010 | |
| Eugene | Mollo | designer | 1904 (Russian Empire) | 1985 (England) | |
| Piet | Mondrian | artist | 1872 (Amersfoort, Netherlands) | 1944 (New York, USA) | 1938 |
| Fernando | Montes | artist | 1930 (La Paz, Bolivia) | 2007 (London, England) | 1960 |
| Jenny | Montigny | artist | 1875 (Ghent, Belgium) | 1937 (Deurle, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium) | 1914 |
| Jade | Montserrat | artist | 1980 (London, England) | ||
| Ronald | Moody | artist | 1900 (Kingston, Jamaica) | 1984 (London, England) | 1923 |
| Junko | Mori | artist | 1974 (Yokohama, Japan ) | ||
| Peter | Moro | architect | 1911 (Heidelberg, Germany) | 1998 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Jacqueline | Morreau | artist | 1929 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) | 2016 (London, England) | 1972 |
| Dennis | Morris | photographer | 1960 (Kingston, Jamaica) | 1964 | |
| Alberto | Morrocco | artist | 1917 (Aberdeen, Scotland) | 1998 (Binrock House, Dundee, Scotland) | |
| Eirene | Mort | artist | 1879 (Sydney, Australia) | 1977 (Bowral, Australia) | 1899 |
| Rodrigo | Moynihan | artist | 1910 (Sant Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) | 1990 (South Kensington, London, SW7, England) | 1918 |
| Alketa | Mripa | artist | 1980 (Pristina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Kosovo)) | 1997 | |
| Gil | Mualem-Doron | artist | 1970 (London, England) | 2016 | |
| Omeima | Mudawi-Rowlings | artist | 1969 (Khartoum, Sudan) | 1981 | |
| Bernice | Mulenga | artist | |||
| Cawthra | Mulock | artist | 1915 (Toronto, Canada) | 1998 (Canada) | |
| Natasha | Muluswela | artist | 1995 (Harare, Zimbabwe) | 2006 | |
| Elizabeth | Muntz | artist | 1894 (Toronto, Canada) | 1977 (Dorset, England) | |
| Oscar | Murillo | artist | 1986 (La Paila, Colombia) | 1996 | |
| József | Murmann | artist | 1889 (Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia)) | 1943 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Leszek | Muszynski | artist | 1923 (Halicz, Poland (now Halych, Ukraine)) | 2012 (Liphook, England) | 1945 |
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