Guides: Art: Web Resources

Resources from the Library

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Extensive biographical information about over 200,000 American artists as well as book and periodical references, along with International artists' auction records and images. Complete access to information about the artists’ biographies, auction records, financial graphics, magazine ads pre-1998, and images. Over 6,000 museums and dealers are also referenced.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met has made over 400,000 digital images available for free download from their Collections website. Images must be used for scholarly purposes and comply with their Terms and Conditions. Images that are part of the download opportunity are designated with "OASC" (Open Access for Scholarly Content) below the image in a record view.