The same steely fortitude that helped propel her from a humble childhood in the seaside town of Margate to the Maidstone College of Art, and later to London's prestigious Royal College of Art, has emboldened her work with a disarming honesty and made her one of the most prominent artists of her generation.

WSJ: Reformed Bad-Girl Artist Tracey Emin

He taught at London's Courtauld Institute and Royal College of Art, as well as at Cambridge University.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century art