Women Artists

This handy database integrates recent sources with four classic annotated bibliographic works: Chris Petty's monumental (and out of print) Dictionary of Women Artist: An International Dictionary of Artists Born Before 1900, which identifies 21,000 women painters, sculptors, printmakers, and illustrators; Paula Chiarmonte's Women Artists in the United State&' A Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide in the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750-1986, which contains nearly 4,000 entries and includes reference materials on photography, crafts, and folk arts; Women Artists and Designers in Europe Since 1800: An Annotated Bibliography by Penny McCracken, which contains material on 2,000 individuals in 15 languages and includes garden fashion, and interior designers as well as performance and video art, mixed media, and installation artists; and Cassandra Langer's Feminist Art Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography -- a subjective resource to 1,100 works about feminist culture, art, theory, and criticism.NYPL is the author of 'Women Artists' with ISBN 9780783800905 and ISBN 0783800908.