Research Guides: Object Research: Artists' Biographies &amp; Signatures

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Oxford Art Online
Can search artists' biographies from both Grove Art and Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Includes in-depth biographies, bibliographies in Grove and signatures, exhibit histories, and auction prices in Benezit.

Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Includes basic information as well as any alternate names and spellings.

Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon by K.G. Saur
Call Number: N40 .A63 1992
ISBN: 359822740X
Most comprehensive listing of artist's biographies
Index to Artistic Biography by Patricia Havlice
Call Number: ArtRef - N40 .H38
ISBN: 0810805405
Publication Date: 1973
Indexes biographies of artists, letting you know what biographical compilations where many individual artist's biography appears.

American National Biography Online
Biographical profiles of people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Standard biographical work on figures who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.

ADB/NDB Gesamtregister
Combined online index to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) and Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB), standard biographical dictionaries on important personalities in German-speaking Europe from the Middle Ages on.
Biographical Dictionary of Italian People
The Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and not yet completed. It is planned to include about 40,000 biographies of distinguished Italians. The entries are signed by their authors and provide a rich bibliography.

Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Comprehensive dictionary of artist biographies. Entries are supplemented with auction records, museum holdings, and bibliographies. Particular strengths include good coverage of obscure artists and the inclusion of images of artists signatures, monograms, and stamps.