Biographical Resources
- Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart
- Reference N40.T5
- Most comprehensive biographical dictionary to date
- Also known as Thieme-Becker
- Architecture and Design Collection(Art, Design & Architecture Museum)
- Archives over 350 architects and designers mainly from California
- Archives over 350 architects and designers mainly from California
- Dictionary of Artists
- Reference N40.B4713 2006
- English edition of Bénézit's Dictionnaire critique et documentaire
- Some entries include sales information and signatures or monograms
- Union Lists of Artists Names (ULAN)
- Free resource from the Getty, bringing together variant names and based biographical data
- Over 118,000 international and historical artists and architects
- Who's Who in American Art
- Reference N6536.W5
- Bienniel directory good for lesser known artists and non-artists (critics, historians, etc.)
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Includes subject entries, biographies, bibliographic citations, image links and images contained within Grove Art Online. The database includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art.
- Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.
