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Finding Information on Contemporary Artists

Periodical and Newspaper Indexes

Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective

The Art Full Text and Art Retrospective databases contain records for items in the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Art Full Text covers the literature from 1984 to the present. Art Index Retrospective covers the same literature from 1929-1984.

ARTbibliographies Modern

A bibliographic database covering modern and contemporary art and design and the history of photography. Headings include names, museum and gallery names, and new art terms not yet established as authoritative. The database contains abstracts of periodical articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and dissertations covering all aspects of art, ranging from research on major figures and movements from the late 19th century to the latest developments in the avant-garde, and including all types of decorative and applied art, photography and design.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

This database covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. It indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. The online index covers 1973 to the present.

Academic Search Complete

Provides citations and many full text for articles in magazines and scholarly journals in all disciplines; the database features PDF content going back as far as 1865. Good for exhibition reviews and feature articles in non-art titles.

ProQuest Newspapers

Full text for the Los Angeles Times from 1985 to the present, the New York Times from 1851 to the current, and the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to the present. Includes Ethnic Newswatch.


GENERAL SURVEYS AND REFERENCE SOURCES

Oxford Art Online (including the Grove Dictionary of Art)

History of Modern Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, 4th ed. New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004.
Arts Library Reserves N 6490 A743 2004

Art of the 20th Century. Köln ; New York : Taschen, c1998. 2 vols. Contains Lexicon of artists
Arts Library Reserves N 6490 A717 1998 Summary: v.1-2

Contemporary Masterworks. Chicago : St. James Press, c1991.
Arts Library Reference N 6490 C65675 1991

Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists of the 20th Century. New York: Prestel, 2000.
Arts Library Reference N 6490 P747 2000

Art at the Turn of the Millenium. New York: Taschen, 1999.
Arts Library Reference N 6490 A71652 1999

PRINTED BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

AMERICAN ARTISTS

Who’s Who in American Art. New Providence, NJ, Marquis Who’s Who.
Arts Library Reference N 6536 W62

Cummings, Paul. Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, 6th ed. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1994
Arts Library Reference N 6536 C912d 1994

St. James Guide to Black Artists. Detroit, St. James Press, 1997
Arts Library Reference N 40 S78 1997

Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Artists. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press, 2002
Arts Library Reference *N 6538 M4C664 2002

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists. New York, St. James Press, 2000
Arts Library Reference N 6538 H58 S7 2002

Johnstone, Mark Contemporary Art in Southern California. Sydney, Craftsman House, 1999
Arts Library Reference *N 6530 C2J64 1999

Gumbo ya ya : anthology of contemporary African-American women artists. New York : Midmarch Arts Press, 1995
Arts Library Reference N 6538 N5 G86 1995

Thomison, Dennis. The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1991
Arts Library Reference N 6538 N5T46 1991

Lester, Patrick. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Tulsa, Sir Pubs, 1995
Arts Library Reference N 6536 L57 1995

Artists of Chinese Origin in North America Directory. Edited by Sheng Tian Zheng and Charles Liu. Artists Magazine, International Institute for the Arts, Point Gallery, 1993
Arts Library Reference *N 6538 C48A78 1993

Contemporary American Women Artists. San Rafael, CA, Cedco Publishing, 1991
Arts Library Reference N 6512 C595 1991

Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. California art : 450 years of painting & other media. Los Angeles : Dustin Publications, 1998
Arts Library Reference * N6530.C2 M68 1998