The Artchive Over 2,000 scanned images of fine art, historical background on art and artists, theory and criticism, and rotating "gallery" exhibitions.

ArtCyclopedia Comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.

Art History Resources on the Web This comprehensive Art History resource organizes links by civilization and then by subheadings, such as Prehistoric Art with Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Art subheadings, and so on. Also offers links to art museums and galleries.

ArtNet Excellent resource for images, artist biographies, auction results, art books for sale, galleries and museum exhibitions, and art research resources, with a focus on contemporary art and artists.

AskART Comprehensive database about North American artists. Information includes dates, states, methods, biographies, and total number of auction lots sold and unsold of their works. Also find dealers who are affiliated with each artist, museums where their works are held, and, for some artists, image galleries of their works.

Smithsonian Archives of American Art Featuring the extensive collections of the Archives of American Art.

the-artists.org The major modern & contemporary visual artists, each artist with portrait, brief biography, links to articles, essays and artist interviews; original art, limited edition art prints, photography and poster art, paintings, multimedia and artists' books.