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- 1. ART RESEARCH
- There are many sites now
which facilitate the search for information about an artist or a specific
work of art. Among them we can recommend
- www.findartinfo.com: a FREE site for basic information
on an artist and a quick scan of current market values as recorded at
auctions.
- www.artprice.com : a FEE-BASED site; some information
available without payment but access to the site’s extensive records
entails a fee.
- www.findartinfo.com :
a FREE site for biographic and market information.
- Union List of Artists Names
at http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/: another
FREE site for basic information, largely on artists of the past; uneven
but worth checking when other resources fail.
- Gordon’s Art Reference
at https://www.gordonsart.com : before the web, the best source of
information on auction results and market prices in the print world,
now transfOmraiton itself to accommodate the Web; FEE-BASED
- Wikipedia has
a Category listing the websites of art museums by country, but the results
are uneven: worth checking, especially for less prominent museums
and resources.
- 3. MUSEUM WEBSITES
- In the UNITED STATES and
CANADA
- In the UNITED KINGDOM
- In FRANCE
- In GERMANY
- In HOLLLAND
- In ITALY
- In SCANDINAVIA
- In SPAIN
- American Historical Print
Collectors Society www.ahpcs.org A non-profit association organized to
foster the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original
historical American prints produced from the beginning of the 17th century
to the end of the 19th century. Also includes a reference library with
frequently asked questions and a dictionary of print terms.
- The Art Dealers Association of America www.artdealers.org A non-profit organization of the nation's
leading dealers in fine arts with the purposes to promote the highest
standards of connoisseurship, scholarship and ethical practice within
the profession and to increase the public awareness of the role and
responsibilities of reputable art dealers. Includes a listing of print
specialists and their respective contact information.
- Confédération Internationale des Négociants
en Oeuvres d'Art www.cinoa.org/index.cfm Contains a gallery search with prints
category.
- International Print Center New York www.ipcny.org The first and only non-profit institution
devoted solely to the exhibition and understanding of both historical
and contemporary fine art prints.
- PrintCollecting.com www.printcollecting.com Looking for an elusive print? Let others
help you with a search or a query at PrintCollecting.com. Sponsored
by IFPDA, this is a worldwide online discussion e-mail list for fine
print collectors, dealers and enthusiasts alike. Membership to the discussion
group is open to anyone however, you must be a subscriber to the list
in order to post to the list.
- The Print Council of America www.printcouncil.org An incorporated non-profit organization
of print specialists with a mission to foster the creation, dissemination,
and appreciation of fine prints. Also provides a forum for print curators
and other specialists to meet, share ideas, debate issues, update each
other on work in progress, and discuss and implement Council projects.
- The Print Council of America: Print Catalogue Raisonné
Search Index www.printcouncil.org/search.html Beginning some print research? Start your
search here and you'll find details of the print and oeuvre-catalogues
of countless individual artists. Published in co-operation with IFPDA,
this is an online version of The Print Council's Index to Oeuvre-Catalogues
of Prints by European and American Artists. First published in 1983
by Timothy A. Riggs, the index continues to be expanded and updated;
consequently it remains a mainstay of print research.
- Rutgers University Prints and Printmaking Research Sources
www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/art/art_lib/prints.shtml
Contains an extensive list of sources for information about prints and
printmakers, including a list of books and articles about print artists,
techniques, and sales.
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