Famous Artists
 Anderson, Sophie
Barker, Cicely Mary
Buonarroti, Michelangelo
Dadd, Richard
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Dali, Salvador
Dine, Jim
Escher, MC
Geddes, Anne
Haring, Keith
Johns, Jasper
Klimt, Gustav
Lichtenstein, Roy
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Magritte, Rene
Matisse, Henri
Monet, Claude
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Picasso, Pablo
Rackham, Arthur
Raphael
Rembrandt
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
Van Gogh, Vincent
Warhol, Andy
Waterhouse, John William
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See also: Artists, Periods and Movements
Scroll down to access museums and other resources with biographical information on a wide variety of artists from around the world and throughout history. Most entries include collections of images that you can view online.
Biographies
PBS: American Masters
Includes music, literature, performing, and visual arts.
MoMA | The Collection
Browse or search the museum's collection of over 1,700 artists and over 5,700 objects online.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Search the collection of over 40,000 art objects online with new images added daily.
WebMuseum, Paris
Famous artworks exhibition with images and biographies.
AskArt.com
A directory of American artists that includes auction results, appraisal information, biographies, images, and museum information.
ArtMagick.com
A virtual gallery featuring obscure 19th and 20th century poems and paintings with a focus on pre-raphaelite and symbolist works.
National Gallery of Art
In depth information about artists and their works.
WebMuseum, Paris
An A to Z index of artist biographies.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Search for information on women artists by time period, name, title of work, or subject matter.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Brief biographies of artists included in the Victoria and Albert collection.
Shakespeare Illustrated - The Artists
List of artists with brief biographies and images.
Famous Artists
Brief biographies on a selection of artists with lists of major works.
Smithsonian - Artist Biographies
Biographies of artists that are included in the Smithsonian collection, also displays information and images of works.
Smithsonian - Drawing From Life
Cartoon and caricature artist biographies and comic trivia from the American Art and Portrait Gallery.
Lambiek Comiclopedia
Illustrated reference to thousands of comic artist biographies, by Lambiek comic shop in Amsterdam.
Museum of Art Masters
Brief biographical information about 11 great artists.
Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574):
Lives of the Artists
Selections from the Internet Medieval Source Book.
Life of an Artist
Biographies and galleries of renaissance artists taken from Giorgio Vasari's "The Lives of the Artists".
Art Masters in the Yahoo Directory
Large collection of links to famous artists including painters, sculptors, illustrators, photographers, and more.
Olga's Gallery
Comprehensive collection of works by the world's best artists with high quality images, biographies and historical comments.
WetCanvas! Virtual Museum
An online museum with works and information on the great masters of art history.
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