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Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory

This work covers approximately 2,000 retrospective and contemporary artists from the 18th century to the present.

Artist Biographies Master Index

A consolidated index to more than 275,000 biographical sketches of artists as they appear in a selection of biographical dictionaries devoted to the fine and applied arts.

N40 .A78 1986   DAAP Reference 

Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary

The only comprehensive biographical source of data on Ohio artists of this time period.   Prepared under the auspices of the Oberlin College Libraries.

N6530.03H38 2000

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists

An alphabetical arrangement of short informative entries on artists with reproductions of most major works. Includes information on important dates, education, career, achievements and influence.

N40.B53 1995   DAAP Reference

Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America Since 1850
A useful biographical guide providing a short synopsis of the artist's life as well as   references appearing in the literature.  

N6757 .D86 1989  DAAP Reference

A Biographical History of African-American Artists

Contains biographical entries for African-American artists working from the mid-19th century to the present.   Entries cover birth date, place and artist medium.   Also has color plates displaying examples of the paintings, drawings, and sculptures of artists included in the text.

N6538.N5 M3 2001  DAAP Reference

Biography Resource Center

Biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all subject areas.

Contemporary Artists
Contains entries for more than 1,000 artists.   Each entry provides an overview of the artist's life, exhibitions, as well as commentary by a noted critic.   Many entries are accompanied by an illustration.

N6490 .C6567 2002   v.1&2   DAAP Reference

Dictionary of Art
Provides extensive worldwide coverage of art, art styles, subjects, and media in addition to biographies of both Western and Non-Western artists, patrons, critics, and collections. Includes over 41,000 signed articles that provide bibliographic data and are usually illustrated.

N31.D5 1996 v.1-34   DAAP Reference

Dictionary of Artists in Britian since 1945
Contains more than 10,000 entries of painters,sculptors, draughtsmen, teachers, video, film, and installation artists born in the United Kingdom.
N6768 .B835 1998 DAAP Reference

Dictionary of Women Artists

Provides information about nearly 600 painters, sculptors, and photographers as well as women working in the applied arts.

N8354 .D53 1997  v.1&2   DAAP Reference

A dictionary of Japanese artists : painting, sculpture, ceramics prints, lacquer / Laurance P. Roberts.
N7358 .R6 1990   DAAP Reference

Index to Artistic Biography

Covers 131 titles published from 1980 through 1999. Artists are listed alphabetically, with birth and death dates, nationality, media in which the artist worked, and a code referring to the bibliography of titles indexed.

N40.H38 v.1&2   DAAP Reference

Index to Artistic Biography. Second Supplement
N40 .H38 Suppl. 2  v.1  DAAP Reference

Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists

Provides biographical information on artists native to the United States or working in the United States from 1606 - 2002.

N6536.J33 2002 v.1, bk.1-4   DAAP Reference

Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era

Provides over 10,000 entries to artists, many previously undocumented, of artists representing all mediums from Latin America and the Caribbean.

N6502.4 .S45 2003  DAAP Reference

Nigerian Artists: a Who's Who and Bibliography
Includes over 300 artists active from 1920-1990. Includes biographical information, exhibition history, awards, and bibliography.
N7399.N5 K46 1993  DAAP Reference

St. James Guide to Black Artists

Contains biographical and career information, as well as brief
critical essays, on nearly four hundred of the most prominent black
visual artists.

N40 .S78 1997   DAAP Reference

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists

Contains biographical and career information as well as brief essays on Hispanic artists.

N6538.H58 S7 2002   DAAP Reference

St. James Guide to Native North American Artists

Contains biographical and career information as well as brief essays on Native North American Artists.

E98.A7 S8 1998   DAAP Reference 

Who's Who in American Art

Provides brief biographical information with addresses for artists, educators, and museum personnel

N6536 .W5   DAAP Stacks 

Who's Who in Art

Provides brief biographical information with addresses for British artists, educators, and museum personnel.

N40.W6   DAAP Reference

Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas :  

Provides information on Native American, Latin American, African American, and Asian Pacific American women artists with a list of works, artist statement, and bibliography.

N8354 .W656 1999  DAAP Reference

World Artists 1950-1980

Provides brief biographical essays on artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, and graphic design. Includes lists of major exhibitions and collections, as well as bibliographic information on the artist.

N6489.M37 1984   DAAP Reference

World Artists 1980-1990

See above description.

N6489.M37 1991   DAAP Reference