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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ania | Sabet | artist | 1972 (Portsmouth, England ) | 1989 | |
| Bertl | Sachsel | photographer | 1901 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1989 (Cambridge, England) | 1939 |
| Miriam | Sacks | artist | 1922 (Cape Town, South Africa) | 2004 (London, England) | 1964 |
| Yamanaka | Sadajiro | art dealer | 1866 (Osaka, Japan) | 1936 | |
| Valerius | Saedeleer | artist | 1867 (Aalst, Belgium) | 1941 (Oudenaarde, Belgium) | 1914 |
| Gyula | Sajo | artist | 1918 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1989 (Worthing, England) | 1956 |
| Michael | Salaman | artist | 1911 (Porlock, Somerset, England) | 1987 (London, England) | |
| Fiona | Salazar | ceramicist | 1949 (Athens, Greece) | 1976 | |
| Zeinab | Saleh | artist | 1996 (Kenya) | ||
| Ralph | Sallon | artist | 1899 (Sierpc, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1999 (Barnet, England) | 1904 |
| Otto | Salomon | gallerist | 1913 (Berlin, Germany) | 2006 | |
| Freda | Salvendy | artist | 1887 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1965 (Malvern, England) | 1938 |
| Mohammed | Sami | artist | 1984 (Baghdad, Iraq) | 2012 | |
| Elena | Samperi | artist | 1951 (Genoa, Italy) | 1987 (San Paolo, Brazil) | 1975 |
| Henry | Sanders | artist | 1918 (Dresden, Germany) | 1982 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Lesley | Sanderson | artist | 1962 ( Malaysia ) | 1973 | |
| Aman | Sandhu | artist | 1984 (Toronto, Canada) | 2015 | |
| Ethel | Sands | artist | 1873 (Newport, Rhode Island, USA) | 1962 (London, England) | 1874 |
| Michelle | Sank | photographer | 1953 (Cape Town) | 1987 | |
| Piero | Sansalvadore | artist | 1892 (Turin, Italy) | 1955 (Turin, Italy) | 1930 |
| Bartolomeu | Santos | artist | 1931 (Lisbon, Portugal) | 2008 (London, England) | 1956 |
| Nicolas | Sapieha | photographer | 1937 (Warsaw, Poland) | 1995 (Mexico City, Mexico) | |
| Gretta | Sarfaty | artist | 1947 (Athens, Greece) | 1995 | |
| John | Sargent | artist | 1856 (Florence, Italy) | 1925 (London, England) | 1886 |
| Cecily | Sash | artist | 1924 (Delmas, South Africa) | 2019 (Presteigne, Wales) | 1974 |
| Tanoa | Sasraku | artist | 1995 (Plymouth, England) | ||
| Anne | Sassoon | artist | 1943 (North Wales) | 1986 | |
| Naoko | Sato | artist | 1964 (Nagano, Japan ) | 1993 | |
| Cyril | Satorsky | artist | 1927 (East End, London, England) | 2021 (Amherst, USA) | |
| Lionel | Sausmarez | artist | 1915 (Sydney, Australia) | 1969 (England) | |
| Fritz | Saxl | art historian | 1890 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1948 (London, England) | |
| Louise | Sayarer | artist | 1982 (England ) | ||
| Khadija | Saye | photographer | 1992 (London, England) | 2017 (London, England) | |
| Rosa | Schafer | artist | 1901 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1986 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Samson | Schames | artist | 1898 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 1962 (New York, New York, USA) | 1939 |
| Rosa | Schapire | art historian | 1874 (Brody, Galicia, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) ) | 1954 (London, England) | |
| Alfred | Scharf | art dealer | 1900 (Kynšperk nad Ohří, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1965 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Irene | Scheinmann | artist | 1933 (Baghdad, Iraq) | ||
| Karl | Schenker | photographer | 1886 (Sereth, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Siret, Romania)) | 1954 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Hedi | Schick | artist | 1906 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1999 (Middlesex, England) | |
| Edmund | Schilling | collector | 1888 (Neuwied on the Rhine, Germany) | 1974 (Edgware, England) | 1937 |
| Rosi | Schilling | art historian | 1988 (Frankfurt, Germany) | 1971 (London, England) | 1938 |
| Eric | Schilsky | artist | 1898 (Southampton, England) | 1974 (Edinburgh, Scotland) | |
| Danusia | Schjebal | artist | |||
| Hans | Schleger | designer | 1898 (Kempen, Germany) | 1976 (London, England) | 1932 |
| Wolfgang | Schlosser | artist | 1913 (Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)) | 1984 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1939 |
| Peter | Schmidt | artist | 1931 (Berlin, Germany) | 1980 (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain) | 1938 |
| Hans | Schmoller | artist | 1916 (Berlin, Germany) | 1985 (London, England) | 1947 |
| Clementine | Schneidermann | photographer | 1991 (Paris, France) | 2012 | |
| Fred | Schonbach | artist | 1920 (Vienna, Austria) | 2011 (Vancouver, Canada) | 1938 |
| Raoh | Schorr | artist | 1901 (Switzerland) | 1991 | 1936 |
| Shalom | Schotten | designer | 1934 (Vienna, Austria) | 2020 (London, England) | |
| Bernard | Schottlander | artist | 1924 (Mainz, Germany) | 1999 (Oxfordshire, England) | 1939 |
| Benno | Schotz | artist | 1891 (Arensburg, Russian Empire (now Kuressaare, Estonia)) | 1984 (Glasgow, Scotland) | 1912 |
| Michael | Schreck | artist | 1901 (Tarnow, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)) | 1999 (Hollywood, Florida, USA) | 1938 |
| Hans | Schubart | art restorer | 1903 (Hong Kong) | 1968 | 1934 |
| Karsten | Schubert | gallerist | 1961 (Berlin, Germany) | 2019 (London, England) | |
| Alice | Schwab | other | 1015 (Heilbronn, Germany) | 2001 (London, England) | |
| Hans | Schwarz | artist | 1922 (Vienna, Austria) | 2003 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Ernst | Schwitters | gallerist | 1918 (Hanover, Germany) | 1996 (Oslo, Norway) | 1940 |
| Kurt | Schwitters | artist | 1887 (Hanover, Germany) | 1948 (Kendal, England) | 1940 |
| Maggie | Scott | artist | 1955 (London, England) | ||
| Sean | Scully | artist | 1945 (Dublin, Ireland) | 1949 | |
| Mark | Sealy | gallerist | 1960 (Hackney, London, England) | ||
| Jørgen | Sedgwick | artist | 1927 (Copenhagen, Denmark) | 2008 (Halesworth, Suffolk, England) | 1946 |
| Zineb | Sedira | artist | 1963 (Paris, France) | 1986 | |
| Irena | Sedlecká | artist | 1928 (Pilsen, Czechoslovakia (now Plzeň, Czech Republic)) | 2020 (London, England) | 1966 |
| Arthur | Segal | artist | 1875 (Iași, Romania) | 1944 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Hyman | Segal | artist | 1914 (London, England) | 2004 ( St Ives, England) | |
| Walter | Segal | architect | 1907 (Berlin, Germany) | 1985 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Yuta | Segawa | ceramicist | 1988 (Shizuoka, Japan) | 2014 | |
| Antoine | Seilern | collector | 1901 (Farnham, Surrey, England) | 1978 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Józef | Sękalski | artist | 1904 (Turek, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1972 (St Andrews, Scotland) | 1942 |
| Fred | Selby | architect | 1906 (Berlin, Germany) | 1989 (Glasgow, Scotland) | 1939 |
| Aisha | Seriki | photographer | 1998 (Nigeria) | 2006 | |
| Amalia | Serkin-Buchthal | artist | 1904 (Eger, Austria-Hungary (now Cheb, Czech Republic)) | 1996 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Celia | Sevitt | artist | 1912 (Dublin, Ireland) | 1983 (London, England) | |
| Arpita | Shah | photographer | 1983 (Ahmedabad, India) | 1994 | |
| Zory | Shahrokhi | artist | 1963 (Tehran, Iran) | ||
| Emily | Shanks | artist | 1857 (Moscow, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1936 (London, England) | 1914 |
| James | Shannon | artist | 1862 (Auburn, New York, USA) | 1923 (London, England) | 1878 |
| Raqib | Shaw | artist | 1974 (Calcutta (now Kolkata), India) | 1998 | |
| Ejatu | Shaw | photographer | 1996 (London, England) | ||
| Syd | Shelton | architect | 1947 (Pontefract, South Yorkshire, England) | ||
| Anwar Jalal | Shemza | artist | 1928 (Shimla, Kashmir, India) | 1985 (Stafford, England) | 1956 |
| Sam | Shendi | artist | 1975 (Egypt) | 2000 | |
| Antony | Sher | artist | 1949 (Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa) | 2021 (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) | 1968 |
| Yukako | Shibata | artist | 1972 (Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan) | ||
| Eugenie | Shinkle | photographer | 1963 (British Columbia, Canada) | 1997 | |
| Folake | Shoga | artist | 1955 (Nigeria) | ||
| Yinka | Shonibare | artist | 1962 (London, England) | ||
| Wang | Shouquing | artist | 1954 (Gutian County, China) | 1987 | |
| Gudrun | Sibbons | artist | 1925 (Annaberg, Germany ) | 1949 | |
| Libita | Sibungu | artist | 1987 (England) | ||
| Walter | Sickert | artist | 1860 (Munich, Germany) | 1942 (Bath, Somerset, England) | 1868 |
| Gustav | Siden | gallerist | 1900 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1992 (London, England) | 1957 |
| Czesław | Siegieda | photographer | 1954 (Burton on the Wolds, England) | ||
| Gurminder | Sikand | artist | 1960 (Punjab, India) | 2021 (Nottingham, England) | 1970 |
| Pamela | Silver | artist | 1948 (Johannesburg, South Africa) | 1970 | |
| Howard | Silverman | artist | 1946 (Bronx, New York, USA) | 1972 | |
| Jean-Georges | Simon | artist | 1894 (Trieste, Austria-Hungary (now Italy)) | 1968 (Leeds, England) | 1936 |
| Edith | Simon | artist | 1917 (Berlin, Germany) | 2003 (Edinburgh, Scotland) | 1931 |
| Gerty | Simon | photographer | 1887 (Bremen, Germany) | 1970 (London, England) | 1933 |
| Bruno | Simon | artist | 1913 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1999 (Bergamo, Italy) | 1939 |
| Wai | Sin | artist | 1991 (Toronto, Canada) | 2009 | |
| Franz | Singer | designer | 1896 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1954 (Berlin, Germany) | 1938 |
| Sushila | Singh | artist | 1904 (India) | 1999 | 1904 |
| Walid | Siti | artist | 1954 (Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq) | 1984 | |
| Monica | Sjöö | artist | 1938 (Härnösand, Sweden) | 2005 (Bristol, England) | 1957 |
| Birgit | Skiöld | artist | 1923 (Stockholm, Sweden) | 1982 (London, England) | |
| Magdalena | Skupinska | artist | 1991 (Warsaw, Poland) | 2012 | |
| Naum | Slutzky | designer | 1894 (Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine)) | 1965 (Stevenage, England) | 1933 |
| Marlene | Smith | artist | 1964 (Birmingham, England ) | ||
| Bernard | Smith | art historian | 1916 (Sydney, Australia) | 2011 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1948 |
| Julian | Sofaer | architect | 1924 (Baghdad, Iraq) | 2017 (England) | 1945 |
| Soheila | Sokhhanvari | artist | 1964 (Shiraz, Iran) | 1978 | |
| Max | Sokol | artist | 1895 (Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1973 (London, England) | |
| Kirill | Sokolov | artist | 1930 (Moscow, USSR (now Russia)) | 2004 (Ashington, Northumberland, England) | 1974 |
| Solomon | Solomon | artist | 1860 (London, England) | 1927 (Birchington, Kent, England) | |
| Frederick | Solomonski | artist | 1899 (Berlin, Germany) | 1980 (Rochester, New Hampshire, USA) | 1939 |
| Danuta | Solowiej | artist | 1962 (Bialystok, Poland) | 1988 | |
| Yolanda | Sonnabend | designer | 1935 (Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)) | 2015 (London, England) | 1954 |
| Agathe | Sorel | artist | 1935 (Budapest, Hungary) | 2020 (London, England) | 1956 |
| Willi | Soukop | artist | 1907 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1995 (Glasgow, Scotland) | 1934 |
| Francis | Souza | artist | 1924 (Saligão, Goa, India (then Portuguese India)) | 2002 (Mumbai, India) | 1949 |
| Vsevolod | Sozonov | artist | 1899 (St Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)) | 1975 (London, England) | 1917 |
| Lily | Spandorf | artist | 1919 (Vienna, Austria) | 2000 (Washington D.C., USA) | 1938 |
| Ethel | Spowers | artist | 1890 (South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia) | 1947 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1921 |
| Katrin | Spranger | artist | 1976 (Hamburg, Germany) | ||
| Andrew | Stahl | artist | 1954 (London, England) | ||
| Norma | Starszakowna | artist | 1945 (Crosshill, Fife, Scotland) | ||
| Magda | Stawarska-Beavan | artist | 1976 (Ruda Slaska, Poland) | ||
| Tereza | Stehlíková | artist | 1975 (Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 1991 | |
| Leo | Steinberg | art historian | 1920 (Moscow, USSR) | 2011 (Manhattan, New York, USA) | 1933 |
| Ernst | Stern | artist | 1876 (Bucharest, Romania) | 1954 (London, England) | 1934 |
| Bernard | Stern | artist | 1920 (Brussels, Belgium) | 2002 (Marseille, France) | |
| Grete | Stern | photographer | 1904 (Elberfeld, Germany) | 1999 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | 1934 |
| Stella | Steyn | artist | 1907 (Dublin, Ireland) | 1987 (London, England) | 1932 |
| Philippa | Stjernsward | artist | 1952 (Kenya) | ||
| Margaret | Stoddart | artist | 1865 (Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand) | 1934 (Hanmer Springs, North Canterbury, New Zealand) | 1898 |
| Marianne | Stokes | artist | 1855 (Graz, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1927 (London, England) | 1884 |
| Jenny | Stolzenberg | artist | 1947 (London, England) | 2016 (London, England) | |
| Rhea | Storr | artist | 1991 (Leeds, England) | ||
| Ala | Story | gallerist | 1907 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1972 (New York, USA) | 1928 |
| Volker | Stox | artist | 1948 (Flensburg, Federal Republic of Germany) | 1972 | |
| Benjamin | Strasser | artist | 1888 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 1955 (New York, USA) | |
| Marianne | Straub | designer | 1909 (Amriswil, Switzerland) | 1994 (Berlingen, Switzerland) | 1932 |
| Käthe | Strenitz | artist | 1923 (Gablonz (Jablonec nad Nisou), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)) | 2017 (London, England) | 1939 |
| Krzysztof | Strzelecki | ceramicist | 1993 (Świdnica, Poland) | ||
| Do Ho | Suh | artist | 1962 (Seoul, South Korea ) | ||
| Glenn | Sujo | artist | 1952 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | ||
| Maud | Sulter | artist | 1960 (Glasgow, Scotland) | 2008 (Dumfries, Scotland) | |
| Klara | Sulzer | artist | 1884 (Galatz, Austria-Hungary (now Galați, Romania)) | 1955 (London, England) | 1936 |
| Wolf | Suschitzky | photographer | 1912 (Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)) | 2016 (London, England) | 1935 |
| Ilona | Suschitzky | artist | 1975 | ||
| Asher | Susser | artist | 1899 (Narol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)) | 1995 (Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) | 1938 |
| Jean | Sutherland | artist | 1902 (Victoria, Australia) | 1978 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1924 |
| Hiroshi | Suzuki | artist | 1961 (Miyagi, Japan) | 1993 | |
| Gerda | Svarny | artist | 1927 (Vienna, Austria) | 1939 | |
| Adriana | Swierszczek | artist | 1973 (Polish People's Republic (now Poland)) | ||
| Mariam | Syed | designer | 1983 (Karachi, Pakistan ) | 2006 | |
| Eveline | Syme | artist | 1888 (Thames Ditton, England) | 1961 (Melbourne, Australia) | 1929 |
| Erno | Szegedi | artist | 1933 (Okány, Hungary) | 1988 (Crowfield, Suffolk, England) | 1956 |
| István | Szegedi-Szüts | artist | 1892 (Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)) | 1959 (Penzance, England) | 1936 |
| Géza | Szóbel | artist | 1905 (Komárno, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)) | 1963 (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) | |
| Władysław | Szomański | designer | 1911 (Baturyn, Russian Empire) | 1996 (London, England) | 1946 |
| Marek | Szwarc | artist | 1892 (Zgierz, Congress Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (now Poland)) | 1958 (Paris, France) | 1940 |
| Arthur | Szyk | artist | 1894 (Lodz, Russian Empire) | 1951 (New Canaan, USA) | 1937 |
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