How can I find biographical information about an artist?
- Some websites we recommend: Ask Art and Artcyclopedia.
- Consult WATSONLINE, the online catalog of the Museum’s libraries, to identify citations for materials on the artist you are looking for. You can then look for these titles at a local library.
- Search the Timeline of Art History on the Museum’s website.
- Consult appropriate titles from this selection of basic art biographical resources:
- ALLGEMEINES LEXIKON DER BILDENDEN KUNSTLER (Thieme-Becker)
- ALLGEMEINES LEXIKON DER BILDENDEN KUNSTLER DES XX. JAHRHUNDERTS (Vollmer)
- ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES MASTER INDEX
- DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS (Benezit, 2006)
- DICTIONNAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS (Benezit)
- DICTIONARY OF ART
- DICTIONARY OF WOMEN ARTISTS (Petteys)
- INDEX TO ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY
- MALLET’S INDEX OF ARTISTS
- THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS IN AMERICA, 1564-1860
- WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICAN ART
- WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART
For research assistance on American art and artists visit Ask Joan of Art on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website.
