Dictionary of Women Artists . Edited by Delia Gaze. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Includes introductory surveys and biographies of 600 women artists born before 1945 and active in the Western tradition of art from the tenth to the twentieth centuries. Some criteria for inclusion are contemporary reputation and posthumous acclaim.
Bibliographical references accompany each entry.
International Dictionary of Art and Artists . Edited by James Vinson. St. James Press, 1990. Signed articles in volume 1 provide biographical data, lists of major collections of artists' works, and bibliographical information on major artists from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Volume 2 illustrates and discusses 500 individual works of art.