Pathfinder 72, Women Artists
Collier Library - Pathfinder
WOMEN ARTISTS
SCOPE: The purpose of this pathfinder is to introduce some of the resources available in the Collier Library in the field of WOMEN ARTISTS. The various types of library materials useful in research are described along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but it is intended to be a starting point from which students can begin their research according to their specific needs.
BASIC INTRODUCTION OR OVERVIEW MATERIAL can be found in:
Donnelly, Liza. Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons. 2005. NC 1428 .N427 D66
Frederickson, Kristen. Singular Women: Writing The Artist. 2003.
N 72 .F45 S55
Prieto, Laura R. At Home In The Studio: The Professionalization of Women Artists in America. 2001. N 8354 .P75
Borzello, Frances. A World of Our Own. 2000. N 8354 .B679
Barlow, Margaret. Women Artists. 1999. N8354 .B37
Chadwick, Whitney, ed. Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representation. 1998.
N 8354 .M57
Fraser, Kennedy. Ornament and Silence: Essays on Women's Lives. c1996.
PN 471 .F69
Broude, Norma, and Mary D. Garrard, eds. Power of Feminist Art: the American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact. 1994.
N 72 .F45 P68
Hubert, Renée Riese. Magnifying Mirrors: Women, Surrealism, and Partnership. 1994.
N 6494 .S8 H83
Rosemblum, Naomi. A History of Women Photographers. 1994.
TR 139 .R67
Waller, Susan. Women Artists in the Modern Era: A Documentary History. 1991.
N 43 .W26
Chadwick, Whitney. Women, Art, and Society. 1990.
N 8354 .C48
Nochlin, Linda. Women, Art, and Power: and Other Essays. c1988.
N 8354 .H45
Heller, Nancy. Women Artists: an Illustrated History. c1987.
N 8354 .H45 1991
Slatkin, Wendy. Woman Artists in History: From Antiquity to the 20th Century. c1985.
N 43 .S57
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer. American Women Artists: From Early Indian Times to the Present. c1982.
N 6505 .R8
Harris, Ann Sutherland. Women Artists, 1550 to 1950. c1977.
N 6350 .H35
Books in WOMEN ARTISTS can be located by using some of the following SUBJECT HEADINGS that appear in UNACAT (http://unavoyager.una.edu), an online catalog of library holdings.
FEMINISM AND ART
WOMEN ART HISTORIANS
WOMEN ARTISTS
WOMEN ARTISTS, AFRO-AMERICAN
Other SUBJECT HEADINGS can be identified by using:
Library of Congress Subject Headings (annual)
(Located on the dictionary stand in the Reference Room)
Ref Z 695 .L95
BROWSING the following CALL NUMBERS may produce helpful titles:
Library of Congress (3rd floor)
N 5300-7500
REFERENCE TOOLS that may be useful in WOMEN ARTISTS that are found in the Reference Room include:
BIBLIOGRAPHIES list books, periodical articles, and/or other materials by subject or by author.
Piland, Sherry. Women Artists: an Historical, Contemporary, and Feminist Bibliography. 1994.
Ref Z 7963 .A75 B32
Langer, Cassandra L. Feminist Art Criticism: an Annotated Bibliography. 1993.
Ref Z 5956 .F44 L36
Anderson, Janet A. Women in the Fine Arts: a Bibliography and Illustration Guide. 1991.
Ref Z 7963 .A75 A47
Chiarmonte, Paula L. Women Artists in the United States: a Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide on the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750-1986. 1990.
Ref Z 7963 .A75 W65
Tufts, Eleanor. American Women Artists, Past and Present: A Selected Bibliographic Guide. 1984.
Ref Z 7963 .A75 T84
ENCYCLOPEDIA AND DICTIONARIES provide brief definitions or concise overviews of the topic, often followed by lists of further references.
Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, ed. Contemporary Women Artists. 1999.
Ref N 8354 .C66
Tierney, Helen, ed. Women's Studies Encyclopedia. 3 vols. 1999.
Ref HQ 1115 .W645
Encyclopedia of World Biography. 17 vols. c1998.
Ref CT 103 .E56
Gaze, Delia, ed. Dictionary of Women Artists. 2 vols. 1997.
Ref N 8354 .D53
Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. 1996-
Ref N 31 .D5
Heller, Jules, ed. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 1995.
Ref N 6503 .N67
Dunford, Penny. A Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America Since 1850. c1989.
Ref N 6757 .D86
Uglow, Jennifer S., ed. The Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography. 1989.
Ref CT 3202 .C66
Petteys, Chris. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. c1985.
Ref N 43 .P47
DIRECTORIES contain names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons, organizations, and institutions.
Who's Who in American Art. (Latest edition.)
Ref N 6536 .W5
Who's Who of American Women, a Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women. (Latest edition.)
Ref CT 3260 .W5
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES contain articles about the lives and works of various individuals.
Baigell, Matthew. Artist and Identity in Twentieth-Century America. 2001.
N 6512 .B25 2001
Opfell, Olga S. Special Visions: Profiles of Fifteen Women Artists from the Renaissance to the Present Day. c1991.
N 43 .O6
Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting. c1990.
ND 1040 .F58
Kasson, Joy S. Marble Queens and Captives: Women in Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture. c1990.
NB 1210 .M3 K3
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer. American Women Sculptors: a History of Women Working in Three Dimensions. 1990.
NB 236 .R8
Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-85. c1989.
N 6512 .M27
Naylor, Colin, ed. Contemporary Artists. 3rd edition. c1989.
Ref N 6490 .C6567
DVDS & VIDEOTAPES
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo. 2004.
DVD ND 259 .K33 L54 2005
Mary Cassatt: A Brush with Independence. 2003.
DVD ND 237 .C3 M37 2003
Women Artists: the Other Side of the Picture. 1999.
VidC N 8354 .W66
African Art, Women, History of the Luba People of Central Africa. 1998.
VidC N 5310.5 .C6x A45
Georgia OKeeffe. 1977.
VidC ND 237 .O5 G4
Isabel Bishop: Portrait of an Artist. 1977.
VidC ND237 .B594 I72
DATABASES, INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS that will help locate periodical articles and other papers in WOMEN ARTISTS are:
Art Full Text
EBSCOhost Databases
INFOTRAC Web (online database)
JSTOR
New York Times Index (periodical index)
ProQuest Research Library Complete
PERIODICALS held by Collier Library can be identified in UNACAT, PERIODICALS HOLDINGS located on the library homepage, or in the periodicals holding list located in the Reference Room. A few frequently used PERIODICALS in WOMEN ARTISTS are:
Art Bulletin
ArtForum
Art History
Art in America
Art International
Art Journal
Artnews
Artweek
Woman's Art Journal
INTERNET SOURCES
Artcyclopedia: Women Artists
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/women.html
Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Art
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/art.html
National Museum of Women In The Arts
Images of Women in Ancient Art
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen
Varo Registry of Women Artists
Women Artists In History
http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
Women Artists Through Time
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html
Women Artists - Self Portraits & Representations of Womanhood From The Medieval Period To The Present
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html
INTERLIBRARY LOAN is available to borrow books or obtain copies of articles from other libraries if the material is unavailable locally. From the library homepage, look under Library Services and Online Forms. Then click on Interlibrary Loan to fill out the form online. If you need additional help, inquire at the reference desk.
Revised PO/07-2006
