Artist Biographies in the artzine on artrepublic.com

Abbott's work received enormous acclaim during her life time and stands today as an invaluable document of New York in the 1920s and 1930s.

Ansel Adams is best known for his majestic black and white photographs of Yosemite National Park. He took his first photograph in the park in 1916 with his father’s Box Brownie camera and continued to visit the park every year from then onwards.

A self-taught award winning artist, Ben Allen has wowed the world with his eye for creativity and composition. An exotic cocktail of graffiti, street, graphic and pop art Ben’s is a truly diverse talent. His colourful, vibrant artwork is deeply rooted in the influences of urban popular culture and is held in private collections worldwide. 

Armsrock is a young Danish street artist living in Germany.  

Francis Bacon is probably best known for his unique, disturbing and moving interpretations of Velasquez’s famous painting of Pope Innocent X. As an artist he wanted to show what was deep inside a person rather than their surface appearance. He often took lots of photographs of his subjects which he would fold and tear to create his distorted compositions.

The highly sought-after works of British artist Dan Baldwin have been exhibited in galleries worldwide. His work has also featured in magazines such as 'Elle' and as a window display at Selfridges in London. 

Writing a Banksy biography can be a challenge, given that his true identity remains a mystery. However, here’s what we know about Britain’s most celebrated graffiti artist: Originally from Bristol, Banksy’s stencils have become immensely popular throughout the UK and his subversive images can be seen daubed on walls throughout the world.

During his brief career, tragically cut short by a drugs overdose in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat had been described in some quarters as an 'urban noble savage', yet this clearly belied his privileged background. Edward Lucie-Smith described his work as possessing "immense energy and a vast range of cultural reference".

Edward Bawden worked as a printmaker, graphic designer and illustrator. His early works included a mural at Morley College created with fellow artist and close friend Eric Ravilious. 

Charles Belle was born in the Franche-Comte in 1956 and still lives and works there today. His still-life paintings show a great intricacy and a keen interest in nature with many spring-themed floral works. He always uses strong vibrant colours for example the blues and yellows in 'From One Spring to the Next'.

With paintings such as 'Mountain of the Mist' and 'The Sierra Nevada in California', Bierstadt created epic and highly romanticised paintings of the American landscape. The detail and his use of dramatic lighting led to him becoming one of the most renowned landscape artists of his generation.

Sir Peter Blake is one of the leading figures in British Pop art. Best known for the iconic album cover for the Beatles ‘Sergeant Pepper’, Blake’s work is inspired by his love affair with icons and the ephemera of popular culture. 

"Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well. Only twenty years earlier." Banksy, 2005

It was in 1947 after moving to Italy that Sandra Blow started her painting career, making her mark with strong tonal works using paint and collage. Throughout her life she worked with a huge variety of materials and on a variety of scales from the very small to the very large.

Sandro Botticelli produced an enormous volume of work for a painter of his time. As well as his large-scale paintings and frescoes he also produced many drawings, for example a manuscript of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. He seemed to have a considerable reputation during his lifetime, but was largely forgotten until the Pre-Raphaelites rediscovered his technique, particularly his depiction of women.

C215 is a stencil graffiti artist based in Paris, France who has become well known for his intricate portraits and distinctive style. He started spray painting in 2005 and since then his work has appeared on walls all over the world and as one off works of art.

Graham Carter has been working as a printmaker and illustrator scince 2000, bringing his own unique style of wit and humour to the public. 

James Cauty founded CNPD (Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice) in October 2005 and since then he has been working to bring the world the finest in iconic, iconoclastic and topical stamp art. This stamp art takes the form of real stamps, first day covers and limited edition prints. Through a series of cunning marketing ploys including small and inexpensive editions, and the untimely deletion of popular images (The Great Stamp Culls), a highly collectable art form has been established.

Cézanne was fascinated with structure and the way painting can tackle nature. His work can summon up a broad range of sensations for the viewer. Through his use of colour and space Cézanne achieved an extraordinary degree of expressiveness. Since his death his work has been enormously influential, most notably on the Cubist movement.

Marc Chagall is best known for his dreamlike paintings such as La Mariée that featured in the 1999 film Notting Hill. He was inspired by the Hasidic tradition and bible stories as well as his experiences growing up in Russia.