Art History Bibliography and Library Methods

Exhibition Records Arranged by Artist

Art 600

ENGLAND

1. Bradshaw, M. Royal Society of British artists: members exhibiting, 1824-1962 (1977) 5 v.

ND467.B72 Art reference

Supplies alphabetically-organized list of artists' names, addresses, and the titles of the works they exhibited (including prices asked, in some cases) at the Society's shows.

2. Graves, A. The British Institution,1806-1867: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work (1908)

N5055.G68 1969 Art reference

Artists arranged alphabetically, along with their addresses and, for each, a chronological list of works exhibited. Dimensions of paintings shown through 1852 sometimes given; artists' estimates of the values of their works sometimes supplied. Concludes with indexes to sitters, both human and animal, pictured in exhibited portraits.

3. Graves, A. A century of loan exhibitions,1813-1912 (1915) 5 v.

N5051.G72 Art stacks

Records individual works shown in loan exhibitions in the British Isles. Arranged alphabetically by artist. Under artist, supplies names of exhibitions and lists of works shown in them by that artist. Usually includes names of owners and often works' sizes. Large addenda sections at ends of v.1 and v.4 and beginning of v.5. Major indexes of portraits and owners and list of exhibitions in v.5.

4. Graves, A. A dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions from1760 to 1893 (1901)

N5053.G75 1970 Art reference

Collects the names of all 16,000 artists from three of his other lists (#'s 2,5 & 6), but tells only where they exhibited and approximately when—no individual works listed.

5. Graves, A. The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904 (1906)8 v.

N5054.G7 1970 Art reference

For artists who contributed works to the R.A. summer exhibitions, gives names, addresses, and chronological lists of works exhibited, with occasional annotations from the original catalogs.

6. Graves, A. The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791; The Free Society of Artists, 1761-1783: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work (1907)

N5053.G7 1969 Art reference

Supplies artists' names, addresses, and chronological lists of works exhibited. Includes indexes to humans and animals portrayed in the exhibited paintings and sculptures, as well as to the owners of buildings pictured.

7. Johnson, J. Works exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, 1824-93, and at The New English Art Club, 1888-1917 (1975) 2 v.

N6767.J64 Art reference

The usual arrangement. Overlaps with the Bradshaw volumes (#1) for the 1824-93 period of the Royal Societyof British Artists, but seems to provide a more complete record than Bradshaw for those years—many more artists listed and fuller quotes of catalog entries provided.

8. Royal Academy exhibitors, 1905-1970:a dictionary of artists and their work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts (1982) 6 v.

N6768.L64 Art reference

Continues Graves's work on the R.A. (see#5). Supplies same categories of information.

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UNITED STATES

9. Cowdrey, B. National Academy of Design exhibition record, 1826-1860 (1943) 2 v.

N6510.N37 Art reference

Gives names and addresses of exhibitors, titles of works exhibited, dates exhibited, and, in some cases, names of the works' owners. Index to artists, titles, owners, and some subjects.

10. Falk, P. The annual exhibition record of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1888-1950 (1990)

N6510.F34 1990 Art reference

Give names, addresses, and dates of exhibiting artists, titles of works exhibited, dates exhibited, and, in some cases, names of owners. Indexes to owners, places, and last names.

11. Falk, P. The annual exhibition record of the National Academy of Design, 1901-1950 (1990)

N6512.A67 1990 Art reference

Continues coverage of N.A.D. exhibitions begun in #9 and #17. Gives names, addresses, and dates of exhibiting artists, titles of works exhibited, dates exhibited, and, in some cases, names of owners. Indexes to owners, places, and last names.

12. Falk, P. The annual exhibition record of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1989)3 v.
N6505.A64 1988 Art reference

Covers 1807-1968. Gives names and addresses of exhibiting artists. Also supplies titles, media, and owners of works exhibited, along with the dates of exhibition. Prices given for works that were for sale. Indexes of owners and subjects.V.1 is a revision of A. Rutledge's Cumulative record of exhibition catalogues: the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1807-1870; the Society of Artists, 1800-1814; the Artists' Fund Society, 1835-1845 (1955).

13. Marlor, C. A history of the Brooklyn Art Association with an index of exhibitions (1970)

N11.B783M3 1970 Art stacks

Gives names, addresses, and dates of exhibiting artists, and titles and dates of exhibition for included works. Names of owners supplied for some works. Prices of some works given.

14. Marlor, C. The Society of Independent Artists: the exhibition record, 1917-1944 (1984)

N6512.M326 1984 Art reference

Supplies names and addresses of exhibiting artists, titles and media of works exhibited, and dates exhibited.

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15. Moure, N. Artists' clubs and exhibitions in Los Angeles before 1930 (1974)

N6535.L6M68 Art stacks

Arranged alphabetically by exhibiting artist. Gives artists' addresses, titles and media of exhibited works, and dates of exhibition.

16. Moure, N. The California Water Color Society: prize winners 1931-1954, index to exhibitions 1921-1954(1973)

ND1808.M68 Art stacks

Gives artists' names, addresses, titles ofexhibited watercolors, and dates of the exhibitions in which they were shown.

17. Naylor, M. The National Academy of Design exhibition record, 1861-1900 (1973) 2 v.

N6510.N38 Art reference

Continues coverage of N.A.D. exhibitions begun in #9. Same categories of information given, except prices supplied for some works. No indexes.

18. Perkins, R. The Boston Athenaeum art exhibition index, 1827-1874 (1980)

N7525.P472 Art reference

Supplies names, addresses, and dates of exhibiting artists. Also gives titles, media, and owners of works exhibited, and dates exhibited. Indexes of owners and subjects. Appendix reprints extended annotations from catalog entries.

19. Schwartz, E. Nineteenth century SanFrancisco art exhibition catalogues: a descriptive checklist and index (1981)

Z5939.S39 1981 Art stacks

Arranged alphabetically by exhibiting artist. Gives titles of exhibited works, dates of exhibition, and occasionally owners' names.

20. Yarnall, J. The National Museum of American Art's index to American art exhibition catalogues: from the beginning through the 1876 centennial year (1986) 6 v.

N6507.Y363 1986 Art reference

Indexes over 118,000 individual entries from 952 U.S. exhibition catalogs published from 1773 through 1876. Individual works of art arranged alphabetically by artist. Gives title, medium, price (if for sale), owner, catalog number in original publication, and often reprints original annotation.Owner and subject indexes in v.6.

INTERNATIONAL

21. Gordon, D. Modern art exhibitions,1900-1916: selected catalogue documentation (1974) 2 v.

N6490.G62 Art reference

Documents approximately 850 modern art exhibitions that took place anywhere from Aachen to Zürich between 1900 and 1916. Part 1 - introduction. Part 2 - list of the catalogs of these exhibitions, arranged chronologically by their opening dates. Information in caps in each entry is the location of a library copy of the catalog. Part 3 - illustrations. Part 4 -Alphabetically-arranged list of artists whose work appeared in the 850 exhibitions. Under each artist's name the exhibitions in which his or her work appeared are listed chronologically.Part 5 - exhibitions again arranged chronologically, as in part2, except that now the individual works that were shown in each exhibition are broken out and listed under the names of the artists.Part 6 - topographical index of the 850 exhibitions. Lists them first by city and then alphabetically by gallery or other sponsoring organization.

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