Biographical Reference Resources

• Who’s Who in American Art
  Reference Desk:  N6536 .W5 (current year also in Stack K)
• Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975
  Open Shelf:  N6536 .W49 1999 (also at Reference Desk)
• Dictionary of Artists (Bénézit)
  Open Shelf:  N40 .B4713 2006
• Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon
  Open Shelf:  N40 .A63 1992
• Contemporary Artists
  Open Shelf:  N6490 .C6567 1996

Signature Directories

If you do not have the name of the work you are researching, but it has a signature, try one of these resources.

• American Artists: Signatures & Monograms, 1800-1990
  Open Shelf:  N45 .C37 1990
• Marks & Monograms: The Decorative Arts, 1880-1960
  Open Shelf:  N45 .H37 1995
• The Visual Index of Artists’ Signatures & Monograms
  Open Shelf:  N45 .J33 1991
• Artists’ Monograms & Indiscernible Signatures: An International Directory, 1800-1991
  Open Shelf:  N45 .C374 1991

Information Online

These resources provide citations and some full-text articles on art, artists, and related topics. Unless otherwise noted, they are available at the Art Institute of Chicago, the SAIC campus, or from other locations with an ARTIC username and password [1].

• Art Full Text & Art Retrospective [2] (Art Index)
  About [3] this resource
• Artists' Signatures
  [4]About [5] this resource
• ARTbibliographies Modern
  [6]About [7] this resource
• BHA - Bibliography of the History of Art
  [8]About [9] this resource
• JSTOR
  [10]About [11] this resource
• Oxford Art Online
  [12]About [13] this resource