Studios of Their Own

Alex Johnson is a journalist, blogger and author of Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write, Improbable Libraries and Bookshelf. He lives in St Albans, London with his wife, three children, and plenty of books from all over the world.James Oses is an artist and illustrator from south London. He specialises in painting interesting places, often working in ink and watercolours. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The Guardian and Radio Times. Other clients include Borough Market, Marks & Spencer and the Poetry Society. He also teaches at Middlesex University.

• Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), SwedishFrancis Bacon (1909–92), IrishJean-Michel Basquiat (1960–88), AmericanVanessa Bell (1907–61), English, and Duncan Grant (1885–1978), ScottishLouise Bourgeois (1911–2010), FrenchConstantin Brâncuși (1876–1957), RomanianAlexander Calder (1898–1976), AmericanCaravaggio (1571–1610), ItalianPaul Cézanne (1839–1906), FrenchMarc Chagall (1887–1985), RussianGiorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), ItalianWinston Churchill (1874–1965), EnglishSalvador Dalí (1904–89), SpanishEugène Delacroix (1798–1863), FrenchAlbrecht Dürer (1471–1528), GermanTracey Emin (1963–), EnglishThomas Gainsborough (1727–88), EnglishArtemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653), ItalianKeith Haring (1958–90), AmericanBarbara Hepworth (1903–75), EnglishDavid Hockney (1937–), EnglishHokusai (1760–1849), JapaneseJapser Johns (1930–), AmericanFrida Kahlo (1907–1954), MexicanPaul Klee (1879–1940), SwissKäthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), GermanYayoi Kusama (1929–), JapaneseTove Jansson (1914–2001), FinnishRené Magritte (1898–1967), BelgianMichelangelo (1475–1564), ItalianJoan Miró (1893–1983), SpanishJoan Mitchell (1925–92), AmericanAmedeo Modigliani (1884–1920), ItalianPiet Mondrian (1872–1944), DutchClaude Monet (1840–1926), FrenchHenry Moore (1898–1986), EnglishSir Sidney Nolan (1917–92), AustralianGeorgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), AmericanPablo Picasso (1881–1973), SpanishJackson Pollock (1912–56) and Lee Krasner (1908–84), AmericanRaphael (1483–1520), ItalianEric Ravilious (1903–42) and Edward Bawden (1903–89), EnglishPaula Rego (1935–2022), PortugueseRembrandt (1606–1669), DutchAuguste Rodin (1840–1917), FrenchPosy Simmonds (1945–), EnglishJoaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), SpanishAndy Warhol (1928–87), AmericanSuzanne Valadon (1865–1938), FrenchVincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch

"In 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."