Artists and Their Studios

We artists are all unique—a fact made obvious by a look inside our workspaces. Here is Francis Bacon's studio. Messy, right?

Artists Claude Monet and Roy Lichtenstein both kept a couch in their studios—perfect for those moments when a quick break and a little rest are needed:

Think artists only use walls and easels? Jackson Pollock famously laid his canvases flat on the floor to create his drip paintings:

Who says an artist’s studio needs walls? Here is Indigenous Australian painter Tommy Watson creating his art out in the open:

Joan Miró's art studio looked more like a gallery:

Alexander Calder's art studio looked more like a metal scrap yard:

Many artists feel natural light is essential, making large windows a studio staple—and Paul Cézanne certainly had a grand one:

While recuperating from surgery, Henri Matisse had his bed moved directly into his studio. With the help of an assistant, he continued making art—including his remarkable, late-career large-scale paper cutouts:

Georgia O'Keeffe's studio looked like a page straight out of Architectural Digest:

Special thanks to Harold Levine for sharing this insight and photo of Rembrandt's studio: "I visited a recreation of Rembrandt's studio on the top floor of his home in Amsterdam. It was an awe-inspiring experience."

Frida Kahlo’s studio had a warm, welcoming, and homey feel:

For photographers in the era of wet prints, the darkroom was the studio—as seen here with Ansel Adams, master of the black-and-white print. Today, perhaps the digital workstation has taken its place?

Who hasn't dreamt of a studio in Paris? As Harold Levine puts it: "My dream studio—Irving Penn's top-floor daylight photo studio in Paris, where he shot so many of his legendary black-and-white images. I saw the actual backdrop at the recent Penn show at the Met. Oh, the pictures I could make there..."

I I have an intimate art studio in the West Village in New York: