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Background information:
 Oxford Art Online is the access point for Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of
Artists, and other Oxford art reference resources.
 The Benezit Dictionary of Artists is a landmark European reference work in Art History. It
provides fully comprehensive coverage on artists across all media, from painters and
sculptors to calligraphers, ceramicists, illustrators, installation artists, performance artists
and other. Includes images of artists’ signatures, monograms and stamps of sale
 This English-language edition, published in 2006, is an update on the 1999 fourth edition
of this historical publication, the first edition of which came out in three volumes in 19111920.
 With entries on nearly 170,000 artists (Grove Art Online has 23,000+ biographies),
revisions and new biographies exclusively available online, and more than 11,000
images of artists signatures, monograms, and stamps of sale, the Benezit Dictionary of
Artists is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources on artists.
 Valued for both its wide coverage of lesser-known artists and its deep coverage of artists
occupying the core pantheon of (mostly European) art, the Benezit is an essential
resource for scholars, librarians, museum curators, art dealers, and collectors.
 Updated three times per year to reflect new scholarship, additions to the bibliographies,
and corrections; concurrent with Grove Art updates
 Images continue to be added to Benezit, now also through the partnerships with
ArtistsSignatures.com, which brings new artists’ signatures to the resource,
complementing the existing collection of over 11,000 images, and the Frick Collection,
which is providing Benezit with portraits (and self-portraits of artists)
Home page OAO
1. What’s inside: information on the resources (including Benezit Dictionary of Artists)
2. Find Out More –resources for librarian, guided tour, FAQ, tips for users, what’s new
3. News and Info– update programme (separate section for Benezit), feedback and fine
tuning, information on Oxford Index.
4. What’s new: video from the Editor in Chief , full list of new and revised entries, link to
Friends page, information on the updating programme and partnerships, links to previous
updates
5. Sample entry from Benezit
6. On the left hand side: image with information on its origin and links to relevant content
7. Tools & Resources – Benezit Subject Guides
Browse:
1. All Content
2. Biographies
3. Subject Entries
4. Images
(Browsing can be refined using the left column)
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Search
1. monet - beneath the article:
 Group exhibitions
 Solo exhibitions
 Museum and Gallery Holdings
 Auction Records
 Bibliography
Image tab: Click on it to see the images referenced in this article including signatures
Search within results: contrast
Advanced search:
1. Biography search: Picasso
2. Biography search: Czech republic, Year of birth 19??
3. Image search: Artist's signatures and monograms/Turner
4. Image search: Artist's signatures and monograms/Lowry (Lawrence Stephen)
5. Image search: Stamps of sale/Duncan, Edward