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A good studio for an artist is a significant place. Creative studios might sometimes look like a pile of rubbish or a mixed-up room, but this is where famous artists' paintings are born!
Look at this assemblage of the greatest artists and their most intimate working places – their studios. I bet you’ve seen many of their works in museums and art history books, but the artist and his studio are often left unseen.
From Salvador Dali’s artist studio full of beautiful women to Pablo Picasso’s decorated hall to David Lynch’s industrial-looking creative space to Francis Bacon’s utter chaos, these photos are intentionally mixed up. You will find both very famous artists and somewhat less popular painters, sculptors, architects, and even their Muses. Some of them are contemporary, but you will also find genius classical masters.
Enjoy the collection!
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#3
Pablo Picasso
In his studio with Brigitte Bardot during the 1956 International Cannes film festival.
Final score:
114points
#4
Hans Hartung
Final score:
105points
#6
Phil Akashi
Final score:
55points
#7
Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson
Final score:
54points
#8
Keith Haring
Final score:
52points
LarryLawson 9 years ago
As an art student at BSU in 1977, on a class trip to Cinncinatti Museum of Art, a few friends and I met Andy at an area pub. Yes, he was koo
#9
Jackson Pollock
Final score:
51points
P.BruxFHell 9 years ago
Jackson!!! You dropped paint on the floor again!! Come clean your friggin' mess up!!!
#10
Yue Minjun
Final score:
46points
#11
Roy Lichtenstein
Final score:
46points
#13
Frida Kahlo
Final score:
45points
P.BruxFHell 9 years ago
And you can visit her studios on both her former homes. Just as she left them when she passed away.
#14
Joan Miro
Final score:
45points
#16
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger
Final score:
43points
#18
Alexander Calder
Final score:
42points
cest_nayce 9 years ago
man this guy got me in trouble in 1st year of design i had to make a mobile and it was so crappy i was ashamed of presenting it
#20
Edvard Munch
Final score:
41points
#22
Jenny Saville
Final score:
40points
#24
Markus Lupertz
Final score:
39points
#25
Georgia O’keeffe
Final score:
38points
#26
Andy Warhol
Final score:
29points
#27
Piet Mondriaan
Final score:
27points
#30
Chris Ofili
Final score:
25points
#32
James Brown
Final score:
24points
#34
Rembrandt
Final score:
23points
AntonioSanchez 9 years ago
I once visited one of his house in Amsterdam it's just the right light that takes you to his paintings
#35
Christopher Wool
Final score:
22points
#36
Camille Claudel
Final score:
22points
#37
Lucian Freud Painting David Hockney
Final score:
22points
#38
Henry Moore
Final score:
21points
#39
Maya Lin
Final score:
20points
#40
David Nash
Final score:
19points
#41
Fernando Botero
Final score:
19points
#42
John Singer Sargent
Final score:
19points
#43
Gustav Klimt
Final score:
19points
EdwardStutterheim (Submission author) 9 years ago
Gustav Klimt...... still can't believe he wasn't on the list. Should be much higher!!!!
#44
Christo
Final score:
18points
#46
Lucian Freud
Final score:
18points
#47
Victor Vasarely
Final score:
18points
#48
Bernard Buffet
Final score:
17points
#50
Howard Chandler Christy
Final score:
16points
Jennifer Allison 7 years ago
using his imagination here? or was the wrap on the model just for the camera?
#51
Edvard Munch
Final score:
16points
#52
James Rosenquist
Final score:
16points
#53
Bridget Riley
Final score:
15points
#54
Eugene Delacroix
Final score:
15points
#55
Yves Klein
Final score:
13points
#56
Willem De Kooning
Final score:
13points
#57
Vilmos Aba-novák
Final score:
13points
#58
Yinka Shonibare
Final score:
12points
#60
Michael Landy
Final score:
12points
#62
Şerban Budăcean
Final score:
12points
#63
Aristide Mailol
Final score:
11points
BryceBrown 8 years ago
The Artist and his Model, movie inspired by? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1990217/
#65
Sandro Chia
Final score:
9points
#67
Howard Hodgkin
Final score:
8points
#68
Maurice Utrillo And Suzanne Valandon
Final score:
8points
ShirlRoccapriore 8 years ago
HA! I;ve used paintings as tables, chairs, serving trays and even place mats!! ~sr
#69
Robert Rauschenberg
Final score:
8points
#70
Alfred Roll
Final score:
8points
#71
Diego Rivera
Final score:
8points
VíktorH.García 9 years ago
In the 2nd picture, the man standing on the background is Alfaro Siqueiros
#72
Paula Rego
Final score:
8points
#73
Hr Giger
Final score:
8points
#75
Martins Correia ( Sculptor)
Final score:
8points
HenriqueVelez 9 years ago
Master Sculptor Martins Correia is the best reference of the portuguese world around five continents
#78
Helen Frankenthaler
Final score:
7points
#79
Dezső Korniss
Final score:
7points
#82
Louise Nevelson
Final score:
6points
#83
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Final score:
6points
Matas Bartaška 8 years ago
It's not this room and not even this house. This was his family living room where all family members played piano (Čiurlionis family had ~9 kids). Most of Mikalojus paintings were actually done in Poland and the ones he made in Lithuania were painted in the guest house a couple of meters from the main family house, but not this one.
#85
Shirin Neshat
Final score:
6points
#86
Ernest Ludwig Kirchner
Final score:
6points
Janet Logan 4 years ago
His space only scored a six, but what do you do when you are considered a decadent artist by the German leaders. His art is a 100 and so was he.
#87
Artist Neale Howells South Wales Uk
Final score:
6points
#89
Photographer Skylar Dawn's Studio In Riverside, Ca. Tiger Lab Productions
Final score:
6points
#92
Edward Hopper
Final score:
5points
Jennifer Allison 7 years ago
wow...he is unexpectedly dapper...I thought he would be extremely cool...can't judge the book etc
#93
Béla Czóbel
Final score:
5points
#98
Kees Van Dongen
Final score:
4points
#101
Jonathan Borofsky
Final score:
4points
#103
Neo Rauch
Final score:
4points
#104
Robert Morris
Final score:
4points
#105
Louise Bourgeois
Final score:
4points
#109
Victor Millan, Venezuela Cumana Estado Sucre 1919 -1991
Final score:
4points
PietroCincotti (Submission author) 9 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/groups/35516710581/10155246428425582/?notif_t=like
#110
Kate Shaw, Point B Williamsburg (photography Birgit Krippner) 2014
Final score:
4points
#112
Leonor Fini In Her Studio Rue Payenne, Paris, 1952
Final score:
4points
Cheryl Perrett 7 years ago
Steady away Leonor! Check out what she painted....you may be surprised..
#114
John Singer Sargent In His Studio (with "madame X"), C. 1884
Final score:
4points
#115
Nick Schlee, English Landscape Artist Photographed In His Studio In 2012
Final score:
4points
#116
Mark Ryden
Final score:
4points
#119
Arnulf Rainer
Final score:
3points
#120
Luc Tuymans
Final score:
3points
#122
Nancy Spero
Final score:
3points
#127
Eva Lewarne - Http://www.evalewarne.com
Final score:
3points
#129
Ema Paraschiv
Final score:
3points
Cindy Pirani 5 years ago
The finished painting. https://www.emaparaschiv.com/about-me/ and fully shown here. https://www.emaparaschiv.com/project/the-moment-before/
#131
Artist Nikolaos A. Houtos, On His Loft Studio ,athens
Final score:
3points
#132
Decores Studio, Manuela Vera Davidescu, Unirii Square, Bucharest
Final score:
3points
#136
Bill Rabinovitch My Aristodimos Kaldis Painting Invite To My 1975 Solo Show At 74 Grand St Soho
Final score:
3points
#138
Studio Of Georgia O'keeffe Overlooking Chama Valley By Photographer Laura Gilpin
Final score:
3points
KatherineMoloney (Submission author) 9 years ago
For some reason the "k" in O'Keeffe came out lower case. My apologies.
#139
Anado Mclauchlin In His Studio At Casa De Las Ranas In La Cieneguita, Mexico
Final score:
3points
#142
Jeff Koons
Final score:
2points
#143
John Chamberlain
Final score:
2points
#148
Richard Diebenkorn In His Studio In Santa Monica, Ca. 1970–71.
Final score:
2points
#149
Francisco Ledesma
Final score:
2points
#152
Zoltan Enzoe Nagy
Final score:
2points
#154
Aurel Bordenache 1902-1987 Codlea - Brasov, Romania
Final score:
2points
#158
Decores Studio, Manuela Vera Davidescu, Unirii Square, Bucharest
Final score:
2points
#159
Adil Writer In His Studio Mandala Pottery In Auroville, In The Lush Forests Of South India.
Final score:
2points
#160
Kyle Schumaker Working Outside Of His Plains Pa Studio
Final score:
2points
#164
Gottfried Helnwein & His Muse, 2013
Final score:
2points
#166
Thr Glorious Dutch Navy
Final score:
2points
#167
Nine Squares By R Brian Marsh, Designhansa
Final score:
2points
RBrianMarsh (Submission author) 9 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150500008992574.351086.17355212573&type=3
#168
Vance Kirkland's Original Studio:
Final score:
2points
#169
Clyfford Still
Final score:
2points
#170
Giancarlo Neri
Final score:
2points
#173
Paweł Zalewski Warsaw Studio.
Final score:
2points
PawelZalewski (Submission author) 9 years ago
That's my "studio"! It's pretty messy. If you want to see some of my "art" visit: https://www.facebook.com/Pawel.Zalewski.Foto?fref=ts
#175
Lothar Mattejat Studio In Hamburg
Final score:
2points
#176
Gerhard Richter Studio
Final score:
2points
#177
Melissa Mckinnon, Contemporary Canadian Landscape Painter
Final score:
2points
#183
Claes Oldenburg
Final score:
1point
#187
Jim Dine
Final score:
1point
#188
1/3 Of My Studio, You Can Almost See The Alcove Section To The Left That I Use For Storage.
Final score:
1point
#191
Walled By Rizhar Arahim. £singapore. Pahlawan Aku Aries. Pahlawan_aku@yahoo.co.uk
Final score:
1point
#193
Www.gunmonkeyart.com, Yessíca Torres, Southern California
Final score:
1point
#194
Atelier Oscart - Modern Painter / Cross Media Artist Oscar Venema - Www.oscart.nl
Final score:
1point
#196
Richard Downs
Final score:
1point
RichardDowns (Submission author) 9 years ago
Thank you, Lorraine. I appreciate your comment, Richard Downs
#197
Cecilia Barreto
Final score:
1point
#201
Decores Studio, Manuela Vera Davidescu, Unirii Square, Bucharest
Final score:
1point
#202
Isaac Abrams, Saugerties, New York, 2014
Final score:
1point
#205
Studio Of Factory 718 - Robert Buratti & Barry William Hale, Australia
Final score:
1point
#207
Niels Smits Van Burgst, Working On 'national Gallery'
Final score:
1point
#210
Maryse Lapointe's Studio, In Montreal. Photograph: Josee Houde
Final score:
1point
#212
Gustave Moreau Studio In Paris
Final score:
1point
#218
Nancy Stella Galianos, Abstract Expressionist, Mont-st-hilaire, Quebec
Final score:
1point
#219
Sculptor Bruce Garner
Final score:
1point
TamayaGarner (Submission author) 9 years ago
I think this is a great thing to do! As Artists we all need the most exposure as possible. I do like this format
#220
Briony Marshall In Her Studio During Pangolin London Residency
Final score:
1point
#221
Winslow Homer With 'gulf Stream'
Final score:
1point
e.d.bluntzer 9 years ago
not a big fan of Homer, but the "Gulf Stream" my favorite painting for over 46 years
#222
The Left Side Of My Studio.
Final score:
1point
#223
Warren Christopher Reeson
Final score:
1point
Ashgate Infants 2 years ago
Well on getting away from your mother.......is Canada far enough? (The scariest woman I ever knew)
#224
Carlos Relvas, 1838 - 1894 House-studio
Final score:
1point
StephanTremblay 8 years ago
The house-studio still exist, to see how it look today: "Google Images" his name: Carlos Relvas
#225
Constantin Brâncuşi
Final score:
1point
#226
Nicholas Charles Williams
Final score:
0points
#227
Jan Goossen In His Studio, Heusden, The Netherlands, 1992
Final score:
0points
#230
"ΖΩΓΡΑΦΕΙΟΝ ", Nikolaos A. Houtos Art Studio, Artemonas Sifnos Island, Cyclades
Final score:
0points
#231
Al Rubin 1966
Final score:
0points
#234
Artist And Dj Marinko Jareb, Community Intervention At Cram Studio / Gallery Niagara, Canada
Final score:
0points
#239
Ray Forquer
Final score:
0points
#240
The Site Is My Studio. Roy Staab Creating Storm King Mt. Hudson River 1989
Final score:
0points
#241
Melanie Ashton
Final score:
0points
#243
Bruno Le Bail
Final score:
0points
Justin DancingHawk 5 years ago
I'm intrigued by that easel! I'd love to know how it works, etc .!
#244
Linda Wilder (canadian 1955- )
Final score:
0points
#248
Monica Bassett, Contemporary Artist
Final score:
0points
#251
Roxana Manouchehri
Final score:
0points
#253
Lydia Dabcovich, Children's Book Illustrator
Final score:
0points
e.d.bluntzer 9 years ago
why do book illustrators NOT get the same respect as studio artists???
#254
Michael P. Hallé, Artist And Writer Author Of 10gates Tree Of Life. Path To Conscious Living
Final score:
0points
#258
Robert Stark, Susquehanna Studio, Pa
Final score:
0points
#270
Costas Dais In His Studio - In Larissa - Greece
Final score:
0points
#272
Glòria Giménez In Her Studio, In La Roca Del Vallès
Final score:
0points
#273
George Zymarakis Athens, Greece
Final score:
0points
#274
Cveto Marsič
Final score:
0points
#278
Robert Ross "the Picasso Of Harlem"
Final score:
0points
RobertRoss (Submission author) 9 years ago
i hope you take a moment and check out some of my work on Facebook and also on my web site thats begin updated. www.redrossgallery.com
#279
Alice Neel
Final score:
0points
#282
Odilon Redon In His Studio
Final score:
0points
#283
Michael Skop (b1932-d2009)
Final score:
0points
AhnaSkop (Submission author) 9 years ago
this is a photo of my father with Ben Schwartzwalder (football coach from Syracuse)
#284
Paul Klee
Final score:
0points
#286
Mr.adolfito Trondheim (lkv) 2010
Final score:
0points
#288
Talle Bamazi In Is Columbus,ohio Studiot 2007
Final score:
0points
#289
Lorr's Space
Final score:
0points
#290
Alberto Cedrón, Buenos Aires, 2007
Final score:
0points
CarlosdelosSantos (Submission author) 9 years ago
Maestro Alberto was a very intense man. A great teacher, a great friend. Little after this picture, he passed away. I truly miss him.
#291
American Artist And Photographer Angel Wynn Gives Demonstration Inside Studio
Final score:
0points
#296
My Studio Is My Kitchen Plus A Poodle Who Gets In The Paint
Final score:
-1point
#297
Studio Akis Topalis
Final score:
-1point
#301
Aldyn Alexander
Final score:
-3points
Ashgate Infants 2 years ago
Naked beautiful women usually do it for the art world. If he was painting fat biffas that spent most of their eating time in McDonalds he might not be on here.
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YaraHaddad 9 years ago
I love to see the places where art was made. It sometimes makes the pieces more interesting to ponder!
TheFrenetic 9 years ago
I think you forgot the most spectacular. Carlos Relvas House Studio built in 1875. A portuguese "amatour" photographer. Check it please!! ;)
JensLichtenberger 9 years ago
Often static or distancing, these images fail to bring to life the joy, despair and enthusiasm that must have been palpable in these studios
Tina Robertson 5 years ago
There is one fabulous studio that is missing which has 14,000 sq.feet and it belongs to a fabulous artist. The best way to view his art and his biography is Google MUSEOBENINI on facebook. You will be so surprised to see what he has accomplished over 60 years .
KarenTremmel 8 years ago
Wishing this could be published into a book, to hold and feel and enjoy beyond the internet connection. (And yes...as others have noted only 2 women?)
KarenTremmel 8 years ago
Wishing this was published into a book. (and yes with more women, of course ;)
DaveCasey(dgcasey) 8 years ago
You start off with Monet and 300 artists later you couldn't find room for Manet, Degas or Renoir. You include Rembrandt, but didn't think Vermeer was worth a visit.
e.d.bluntzer 9 years ago
missing several historical female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, also Judy Chicago, Leonora Carrington, and Dorothy Tanning. Just to name a few
KristinBarretoRodgers 9 years ago
I think I would have been scared to death walking into some of these studios as a subject! LOL!
PorfyriosAlexandrou 9 years ago
Bela Czobel and Lucian Freud: the faces of genuineness. Love them!
EileenHerzog-Bazin 9 years ago
As a PERFORMING ARTIST, you have reconfirmed the REASON WHY I must have a space in my new domicile to Ddo my work! Thank you!
KimberlyImmenhausenKelly(Kim) 9 years ago
Missing my favorite Louis Comfort Tiffany and did not see any Mosaicists studios
YaraHaddad 9 years ago
I love to see the places where art was made. It sometimes makes the pieces more interesting to ponder!
TheFrenetic 9 years ago
I think you forgot the most spectacular. Carlos Relvas House Studio built in 1875. A portuguese "amatour" photographer. Check it please!! ;)
JensLichtenberger 9 years ago
Often static or distancing, these images fail to bring to life the joy, despair and enthusiasm that must have been palpable in these studios
Tina Robertson 5 years ago
There is one fabulous studio that is missing which has 14,000 sq.feet and it belongs to a fabulous artist. The best way to view his art and his biography is Google MUSEOBENINI on facebook. You will be so surprised to see what he has accomplished over 60 years .
KarenTremmel 8 years ago
Wishing this could be published into a book, to hold and feel and enjoy beyond the internet connection. (And yes...as others have noted only 2 women?)
KarenTremmel 8 years ago
Wishing this was published into a book. (and yes with more women, of course ;)
DaveCasey(dgcasey) 8 years ago
You start off with Monet and 300 artists later you couldn't find room for Manet, Degas or Renoir. You include Rembrandt, but didn't think Vermeer was worth a visit.
e.d.bluntzer 9 years ago
missing several historical female artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, also Judy Chicago, Leonora Carrington, and Dorothy Tanning. Just to name a few
KristinBarretoRodgers 9 years ago
I think I would have been scared to death walking into some of these studios as a subject! LOL!
PorfyriosAlexandrou 9 years ago
Bela Czobel and Lucian Freud: the faces of genuineness. Love them!
EileenHerzog-Bazin 9 years ago
As a PERFORMING ARTIST, you have reconfirmed the REASON WHY I must have a space in my new domicile to Ddo my work! Thank you!
KimberlyImmenhausenKelly(Kim) 9 years ago
Missing my favorite Louis Comfort Tiffany and did not see any Mosaicists studios
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