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. 

Lawrence Alma-Tadema is the archetypal Classicist painter and at his peak his reputation rivalled that of Leighton. The unquestionable strength of his technical skill is most notable in the details bestowed on the many marble artefacts that characterise his work. 

Sybil Andrews’ work has met with wide critical acclaim and ever increasing popularity. Her colour linocuts were featured extensively in the 2008 Fine Arts, Boston/ Metropolitan, New York British Prints From the Machine Age - Rhythms of Modern Life 1914–1939 exhibition, and her work is held in major collections around the world. 

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.

Charming Baker is a graduate of Central St Martins Art College, London, who paints in oil on canvas, linen, wood and paper. 

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.

Gerry Baptist’s graffiti-inspired naive graphics and bold contrasting colours create striking compositions that comment on modern life and the contradictions of our consumer society.

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. 

James Blakeway first came to prominence as a photographer in 1988 and is most famous for his panoramic cityscapes. He has photographed many of the major cities in the world but is also known for his spectacular shots of special occasions such as the 'Indianapolis Motor Speedway'.

"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.

Bonnie and Clyde is a Brighton based artist who’s inspired by the movies, music, art and the politics of life.