The studios of Picasso,Monet and Koons / Calm, chaos, canvas

In the Sculptor’s Studio, Paris (January 1911)As well as pioneering aerial photography,
Léon Gimpel, author of this photograph, was the first to have his work published
in colour, in 1907

Photograph: Léon Gimpel/Collection Société Française de Photographie, Paris/Léon Gimpel

Calm, chaos, canvas: the studios of Picasso, Monet and Koons – in pictures

Pablo Picasso at work (1955)

Picasso worked in seven different studios through his life – he casts a solitary figure in front of his easel here.• In the Studio: The Artist Photographed from Ingres to Jeff Koons is at Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, until 17 July 2016

Photograph: André Villers, Adagp, Paris 2016/Succession Picasso

Francis Bacon’s studio (1986)

Bacon’s workpace feels as fractious and disturbed as his paintings

Photograph: Charles Matton, Adagp, Paris 2016

Claude Monet painting Nymphéas in his Giverny studio

Monet drew inspiration for his famous Water Lilies from his garden pond – but painted the large canvasses in this ordered interior

Photograph: Henri Manuel/Roger-Viollet

Toulouse-Lautrec painting Au Moulin Rouge, La Danse (1895)

Toulouse-Lautrec is known to millions of tourists as the artist of decadent Montmatre – illuminated by absinthe and the dancers of the Moulin Rouge

Photograph: Maurice Guibert/Reproduction Bibiothèque nationale de France, Paris

Camille Claudel and Jessie Lipscomb in their Paris studio (1887)

British sculptor Jess Lipscomb moved to Paris to live with Camille Claudel – both were taught by Auguste Rodin

Photograph: William Elborne/Musée Rodin, Paris

Paul Rebeyrolle in his studio in Boudreville (1988)

Rebeyrolle’s wildly expressionist style saw him fall between the cracks of French art fashion – the artist set up his own museum for his work in Burgundy

Photograph: Gérard Rondeau

Tableaux in Ingres’s studio (circa 1851)

This early photograph offers a sensual glimpse into the world of the neo-classical portraitist Ingres

Photograph: Désiré-François Millet/Montauban Musée Ingres / cliché Guy Roumagnac

Alexandre Cabanel in his studio in Paris, 1885

The predictably pristine studio of Cabanel, traditionalist scourge of the new school of impressionists in Paris.

Photograph: Edmond Bénard/Collection Roger-Viollet

Moulding of Adolf von Menzel’s hand (1900)

Von Menzel’s hand floats like an apparition – the German artist was known for his detailed crowd scenes as well as his unfussy work that foreshadowed impressionism

Photograph: Collection Harlingue / Roger-Viollet

Picasso’s palette (1955)

Placed on pieces of protective newspaper lies the fount of Picasso’s genius – a simple paint-filled dish.

Photograph: André Villers, Adagp, Paris 2016/Succession Picasso

Jeff Koons’ studio in New York, 2005

Koons’ work – famously made by a team of fabricants – sits in a facility as clean and clinical as his sculptures and paintings

Photograph: Gautier Deblonde/Cédric Bacqueville gallery

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