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  1. Artcyclopedia

    www.artcyclopedia.com/

    Guide to museum-quality art on the Internet. Search hundreds of art museum sites for exhibits and artists.


  2. AskART.com Artist Reference

    www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx

    AskART is an online database containing over 135,000 artists. From its inception the focus was on American artists from the early 16th-Century through the present. However, in January of 2007 the database has expanded to include international artists' auction records. Our website welcomes collectors, gallery owners, researchers, appraisers, museum and library personnel, artists, insurers, scholars, art aficionados -- anyone with interest in two and three-dimensional original fine art.


  3. Olga

    www.abcgallery.com/

    Large collection of images of the works of many artists, with biographies and historical comments. Sorted by alphabet, topic, movement, and nationality/country. Offers a newsletter, and archives are available.


  4. WebMuseum: Famous Paintings

    www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

    A collaboration of the Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill to provide public domain material, organised by subject and UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) including journals, ebooks and a special collection of linux programs and documentation.


  5. ARC International - Art Renewal Center

    www.artrenewal.org

    Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.Galleries and Museum of the greatest realists through art history including Comtemporary Masters. ARC Scholarship Program funds education at approved schools.Living Masters Gallery featuring contemporary realists.Worldwide list and map of ARC Approved Ateliers offering only the most thorough atelier experience for aspiring students.


  6. The Tate Britain (Rossetti Holdings)

    www.tate.org.uk/britain/default.htm

    Home of the national collections of British art and international modern art. Online exhibits include 8,000 works of art.


  7. Art in the Picture.com

    www.artinthepicture.com

    Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.


  8. ArtLex - Art Dictionary

    www.artlex.com/

    Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.


  9. About.com: Art History

    arthistory.about.com/

    Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.


  10. Centurions

    www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

    Headline ticker will automatically update throughout the day with the latest news, sport, travel, finance and weather from the BBC. Available for multiple OS platforms.


  11. The Vincent van Gogh Gallery

    www.vangoghgallery.com

    Artist's biography, paintings, letters, drawings, catalog of works.


  12. Mr. Picasso Head

    www.mrpicassohead.com/

    Create your own image using Picasso elements and forward it to friends.


  13. Art Millennium

    www.all-art.org/

    This art encyclopedia contains pictures and biographies many artists, style descriptions, and explorations.


  14. Clementine Hunter Exhibit

    www.sos.louisiana.gov

    Louisiana Old State Capitol Center in Baton Rouge presents an overview and online tour of the March 15 - June 1, 1999 exhibition. Includes biographical information.


  15. M.C. Escher

    www.mcescher.com

    Optical illusion art, news, history, copyright and foundation information.


  16. The Lowry

    www.thelowry.com/

    Large art gallery in Salford, Manchester, built for the millennium, containing some 300 works by the artist LS Lowry. Guide to current and future events and facilities, and information for visitors, schools and corporate users.


  17. OCAIW: Art Images on the Web

    www.ocaiw.com/

    Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.


  18. Salvador Dali Museum

    www.salvadordalimuseum.org

    The official site of the museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, featuring a comprehensive collection of works by Dali.


  19. Van Gogh Museum

    www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

    The artist's life and times, exhibitions and the Museum's collection.


  20. The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery

    www.vggallery.com/

    A comprehensive resource for information about Van Gogh and images of his works. Has images of all the paintings, sketches, watercolours, letter sketches, and early works created by the artist.