RESEARCH GUIDE for ART HISTORY RESEARCHERS

Research on a Specific Artist

1. The following general sources are available in most art libraries for your quick reference:

   
   Paper-based Sources
   

   
   - Who's Who in American Art (New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who) Yearly.
   
   -Falk, Peter H. and Lewis, Audrey M. Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975(Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999).<.br>
   -Contemporary Artists, Fourth Edition (Detroit: St. James Press, 1996).
   
   -Contemporary Photographers, Third Edition (Detroit: St. James Press, 1995).
   
   -Dictionary of Art (New York: Grove Press, 1996).
   
   
   Online Sources
   
   
   - Art in Context Center for Communications
   : Art in Context catalogues and presents information added by curators, dealers, artists, writers and others from around the world. Since 1995 the library has welcomed and assisted over 20 million international visitors.
   
   - Art Cyclopedia, the Fine Arts Search Engine
   : compiled a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.

2. You can also find more detailed information on the artist by looking at artist monographs (a book all about one artist, such as the catalog from a major exhibition). They can be found by searching the online library catalog available from most art libraries.

3. You can also find various materials on individual artists from Artist Files Artist Files usually include news clilppings, small exhibition brochures and copies of correspondences. They are usually available in most of the art museum libraries. You can usually access them by appointment. Please contact individual libraries of your interest for their access policies.

4. Also look for articles on the artist. Click here to see more information on how to find articles.