I am researching the life of a famous artist. Where can I find information relating to artists?
Ateb
To find items relating to a famous artist, using the artist’s name, you may search the Full Catalogue on the Library’s website :
https://discover.library.wales/primo-explore/search?vid=44WHELF_NLW_NUI&lang=en_US
For biographical information, you may want to follow some of the links from the Library’s External e-Resources pages, such as:
Oxford Art Online (http://www.oxfordartonline.com)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (http://www.oxforddnb.com/)
Other useful sources are Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (London, 1926-34) and the Getty Research Institute’s Union List of Artist Names® Online (http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/ulan/).
The ULAN is a collection of vocabularies that provides information about the artist and the objects. To learn more about it's purpose, you may follow the link provided:
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/ulan/about.html