LibGuides: Art and Art History: Artist Info

Biographical Information

Dictionary of Artists
(Benezit) 14 volumes covering artists worldwide, across most time periods. A good source of information about less well-known artists. Also in print, Reference N40 .D5213 2006

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
The gateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the peer-reviewed, regularly updated Grove® Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Artists of the World This link opens in a new window
Online version of the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL). Information on artists worldwide, active from antiquity to the present. The articles are primarily in German, but basic biographical details are in English. Good source of information about less well-known artists.

Dictionary of Art Historians
A biographical and methodological database intended as a beginning point to learning the background of major art historians of western art history.
Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art
Entries on modern and contemporary art and artists worldwide including biographical information and bibliographies.

Dictionary of Artists by E. (Emmanuel) Bénézit, 1854-1920, Jacques Busse, Christophe Dorny, Christopher John Murray, Karen Beaulah
Call Number: Reference N40 .D5213 2006
Publication Date: 2006
14 volumes covering artists worldwide, across most time periods. A good source of information about less well-known artists.
Contemporary Artists by Sara Pendergast (Editor); Tom Pendergast (Editor)
Call Number: Reference N6490 .C6567 2002
ISBN: 9781558624887
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Biographical information and bibliographies.