About this Event
This talk explores the contrasting lives, careers and legacy of four artists of Czech-Jewish heritage, the majority represented in the Ben Uri Collection, who fled Prague, fearing Nazi persecution, on the eve of the Second World War. Despite their geographical divergence – Fred Feigl and Hella Guth, settled in London, Ernest Neuschul initially found refuge in Wales, and Freda Salvendy, made her home in Cornwall – all benefitted from wartime refugee cultural support in London from bodies including the Czechoslovak Institute, the Czech Refugee Trust Fund, and the Free German League of Culture, under whose auspices the First Group Exhibition of German, Austrian, Czechoslovakian Painters and Sculptors was held at the Wertheim Gallery in 1939.
Sarah MacDougall is Director of Scholarship at Ben Uri Gallery and Museum. She heads the Collection and exhibitions programme focusing on the Jewish, refugee and wider immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900 and has lectured and published widely on this subject. She is a committee member of the German and Austrian Research Centre for Exile Studies at the University of London.
The attached image is Prague, c. 1938, watercolour by Freda Salvendy. Image: Ben Uri Collection © The Estate of Freda Salvendy.
BCSA members enjoy free entry but registration is essential. Non-members £10, full-time students £5.
All proceeds from this event will go to the BCSA School Support Fund established in 2004 to provide support for English language skills in Czech and Slovak schools and other educational institutions. More information about our fund, see https://www.bcsa.co.uk/school-support-fund/
This event will take place in person and will also be livestreamed.
Venue: Embassy of the Czech Republic (cinema)26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY Nearest tube station Notting Hill Gate
MORE INFORMATION on www.bcsa.co.uk
You can also find us on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Youtube.
B ecome a member of BCSA in order to have full access to our events, Review and networking opportunities and to support our work. Membership is very reasonable: £30 individuals, £17 full-time students, £35 families, £38 non-UK residents, £50 non-profit organisations, £75 corporate bodies. https://www.bcsa.co.uk/join-the-bcsa/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 10.00
