27 Inspiring Portraits Of Famous Artists In Their Creative Zone

    “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” —Henri Matisse

    Gabriel H. Sanchez
    by Gabriel H. Sanchez

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Pablo Picasso

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    Picasso poses in his studio, surrounded by his works in Vallauris, France, 1953.

    2. Georgia O'Keeffe

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    Georgia O'Keeffe stands at an easel outdoors in Abiquiú, New Mexico, adjusting her painting Pelvis Series- Red With Yellow in 1960.

    3. Chuck Close

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    In this 1996 photo, Chuck Close uses a hand brace to hold his paint brush, while adjusting the brush with his teeth in his New York studio. Since suffering a partial paralysis in 1988 due to a spinal artery collapse, Close has found new ways to produce his work. Behind him is a Polaroid self-portrait which he uses as a model for the painting he is working on.

    4. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

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    In this 1945 photo, married Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo read and work together in their studio. Kahlo's self-portrait, The Two Fridas, 1939, hangs in the background with other works.

    5. Salvador Dali

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    Salvador Dali painting en plein air outside of his home in Figueres, Spain.

    6. Claude Monet

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    French impressionist painter Claude Monet sits on a bench beside a water lily pond at his home garden in Giverny, France, 1910s.

    7. Roy Lichtenstein

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    Roy Lichtenstein contemplating his work in the 1990s.

    8. Annie Leibovitz

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    Photographer Annie Leibovitz poses for a photo in her New York City studio in 1991.

    9. Henri Matisse

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    Henri Matisse observes his work at his studio in Nice, France, 1927.

    10. Andy Warhol

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    Andy Warhol in his studio, dubbed The Factory, seen producing silkscreens of flesh colored bananas in 1966.

    11. Keith Haring

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    Keith Haring painting the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in 1986.

    12. Jean-Michel Basquiat

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    In this 1983 photo, Jean-Michel paints in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

    13. Wassily Kandinsky

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    Wassily Kandinsky sits quietly in front of one of his paintings in 1936.

    14. Constantin Brâncuși

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    Brâncuși at work during the 1920s.

    15. Yayoi Kusama

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    Kusama in her New York studio, circa 1959.

    16. Louise Bourgeois

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    Louise Bourgeois is caught by a photographer in her New York City apartment studio, circa 1946.

    17. Gustav Klimt

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    Gustav Klimt and his muse, Emilie Floege, are seen in the garden of the Oleander villa in Kammer at the Attersee lake in the 1920s.

    18. Marina Abramović

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    Marina Abramovic performs during the 2010 "Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present" exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

    19. Chris Burden

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    In this 1971 performance still from Shoot, Chris Burden is shot in his left arm with a .22 rifle.

    20. Maya Lin

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    Maya Lin, then only a 28-year-old architect, pauses in her New York office in 1987.

    21. Robert Rauschenberg

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    Robert Rauschenberg creates a photosensitive artwork using a nude model in his New York studio in 1951.

    22. Marcel Duchamp

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    Marcel Duchamp playing a game of chess in 1952.

    23. Piet Mondrian

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    Piet Mondrian proudly stands next to several of his works in his studio, 1933.

    24. Alexander Calder

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    In this 1955 photo, Alexander Calder is seen in his studio using sheets of tin, steel, and wire to produce his mobile sculptures.

    25. John Singer Sargent

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    In this 1883 photo, John Singer Sargent is seen standing next to his famed Portrait of Madame X in his studio.

    26. Willem de Kooning

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    Painter Willem de Kooning sits for a portrait in his studio, circa 1945.

    27. Jackson Pollock

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    Jackson Pollock, cigarette in mouth, drips paint onto canvas in 1948.