This wonderful coffee table book gives readers a look inside the homes of 17 artists, current and past. The illustrations are beautiful and the text is extensive. I thought this was an inspiring read and I would recommend this book to people who like to read about artists lifes and homes.

Beautifully illustrated with fascinating tidbits about 17 artists lives and homes. An intimate portrait into the importance of space to the creative process.

Great illustrated book about artists’ residences. Beautifully illustrated coffee table book about artist retreats is extremely interesting and is art itself. I highly recommend this great book

I was so excited to read this book that offers to let readers peek inside the homes of 17 artists (current and past) but I should have read more carefully. The authors chose to write extensively about each living space and then give us watercolor paintings to accompany the text. I understand that in some cases the homes do not exist as they did when the artists were creating in them and the authors also wanted to do something new, but I really would prefer to see the spaces. In one case, Wyse wrote of how one artist wallpapered her rooms by rolling a roll of wallpaper straight up one wall, over the ceiling, and down the other wall. She wrote about how she felt in that space and I really wanted to see it. The paintings for that section show a flowered wallpaper and a few other things but if you're going to describe this cool, cocooned wallpaper effect and won't show me a photo then at least show the whole thing in the painting. Shrug.

The text is extensive and you really get a feel for each artist. There's nice diversity in the artists, and the paintings are sweet. It wasn't ultimately the book I was hoping for but it's a lovely one.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

A fascinating look at the home of these famous artists.The authors share with us the artists home the artistic designs that went into their decorating. Their personal space,Each home was as unique as the artist themselves,The illustrations that accompany the stories add to the beauty of this book. .Would make a lovely gift.#netgalley#chroniclebooks

Artists in Residence is a lovely coffee table book that examines the home spaces of seventeen artists and how these spaces relate to their work and life. Rather than showing photographs of the residences, the book contains beautiful illustrations of the spaces by co-author Kate Lewis. The illustrations were a nice touch to pull together the artists across time period and nationality. I appreciated the diversity of artists featured - the book covers Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Claude Monet, and Frida Kahlo, just to name a few.

For each story, the authors hone in certain aspects of the artist's space - it was interesting to see how some artists viewed their homes as refuges from their art, while others saw the home as another studio space. As mentioned in the blurb, this book is accessible to the non-expert reader in describing each artist's work. In fact, I found that I wanted more information about each artist, as well as a more substantial conclusion section to tie everything together. That being said, this book is a nice introduction to the homes of multiple famous artists, and it may motivate the reader to take a more detailed look at a favorite artist or two.

Thank you to Chronicle Books for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I feel that the author wrote about the experience of artists' home and studios in the hope of also inspiring. But I believe that we aren't inspired by the same thing. While also liking the illustrations I also googled the interiors of most artists in the book. I think we are inspired by different things and this book illustrates this well. What can be fascinating for a certain artist can be just a piece of furniture for another. We are different which is good. There is always, I feel, this question lingering: what did the artist see in this house and I am seeing the same thing?
I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in artists life and homes & good writing.