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Studios of Their Own : Where Great Artists Work by Alex Johnson (2024, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherQuarto Publishing Group UK

ISBN-100711293783

ISBN-139780711293786

eBay Product ID (ePID)18065007463

Product Key Features

Book TitleStudios of Their Own : Where Great Artists Work

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicSpecial Interest / General, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers

IllustratorYes, Oses, James

GenreArt, Travel, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAlex Johnson

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight26.5 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.7 in

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ReviewsIn looking at the working lives of these great artists, we found ourselves transported to other worlds, as well as gaining a deeper insight into the creative process.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal702.8

Table Of ContentHilma af Klint (1862-1944), Swedish Francis Bacon (1909-92), Irish Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88), American Vanessa Bell (1907-61), English, and Duncan Grant (1885-1978), Scottish Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), French Constantin Br'ncui (1876-1957), Romanian Alexander Calder (1898-1976), American Caravaggio (1571-1610), Italian Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), French Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Russian Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978), Italian Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English Salvador Dalí (1904-89), Spanish Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), French Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), German Tracey Emin (1963-), English Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88), English Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), Italian Keith Haring (1958-90), American Barbara Hepworth (1903-75), English David Hockney (1937-), English Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese Japser Johns (1930-), American Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican Paul Klee (1879-1940), Swiss Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), German Yayoi Kusama (1929-), Japanese Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish René Magritte (1898-1967), Belgian Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish Joan Mitchell (1925-92), American Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Italian Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Dutch Claude Monet (1840-1926), French Henry Moore (1898-1986), English Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-92), Australian Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish Jackson Pollock (1912-56) and Lee Krasner (1908-84), American Raphael (1483-1520), Italian Eric Ravilious (1903-42) and Edward Bawden (1903-89), English Paula Rego (1935-2022), Portuguese Rembrandt (1606-1669), Dutch Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), French Posy Simmonds (1945-), English Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923), Spanish Andy Warhol (1928-87), American Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), French Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch

SynopsisStudios of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous artists created their most notable works. Studios of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals of over 50 famous artists. From Picasso, to Hockney, to Caravaggio, discover the eclectic creative spaces used by artistic visionaries, brought to life with evocative illustrations. Crossing centuries, continents and genres, Alex Johnson explores these artists' workspaces and habits. How do they practise their craft? What do they look for in a studio? Do they work in silence or with music... in a shared space or in solitude? How do they harness the light? And how do their physical spaces affect and inspire their output? This striking collection focuses on more than 50 international artists, including:Claude Monet, who created an inspirational garden in which to work en plein air and paint his famous water liliesFrida Kahlo, forced to work from her bed, inspired by the lucky talismans she surrounded herself withJean-Michel Basquiat, working in an old stable, could turn anything into canvas, walking and lying on his works as he created themLee Krasner's art dramatically changed when she moved from her small studio into the larger, light-filled one that she took over when her husband, Jackson Pollock, died In looking at the working lives of our favourite artists, readers will be transported to other worlds, as well as gaining a deeper insight into the creative process. Also in the series: Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write., Discover the creative spaces of fifty-two great artists, from cluttered cellars to light-filled attics and garden sheds from Monet's floating studio boat to Warhol's Factory. Each offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working methods, and the routines and habits they perfected., Studios of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous artists created their most notable works.

LC Classification NumberN8520.J6 2024