Resource Library Articles and Essays Indexed by Art Museum, Gallery or Center Name
By clicking on the name of a non-profit institution in one of the alphabetical sections below, you will locate a source of one or more articles or essays on American representational art with source material provided by the named institution. Many texts are illustrated with photos of artwork.
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When Resource Library published over time more than one article concerning an institution, there was created as an additional resource for readers a sub-index page containing links to each Resource Library article or essay concerning that institution, plus available information on its location and other descriptive information.
See TFAO's Museums Explained to learn about the "inner workings" of art museums and the functions of staff members. In the exhibitions section find out how to get the most out of a museum visit. See definitions for a glossary of museum-related words used in articles. To help you plan visits to institutions exhibiting American art when traveling see Sources of Articles Indexed by State within the United States. Also see the Academies, Associations, Ateliers and Societies index
Permissions from sources
Unless specifically described in editor's notes or headers within Resource Library or Resource Library Magazine pages containing articles and essays by named authors, such materials were published in 1997 through 2016 by either permission of a named institutional source within the Art Museum, Gallery and Art Center index, an author within the Author Study and Index, or a non-institutional source. In some cases, both the source and author provided permissions.
Permissions, in most instances, were provided by institutional
sources specifically identified within the article or essay pages. As
noted above, when Resource Library or Resource Library
Magazine published over time more than one article or essay concerning
an institution, it created, as an additional resource for readers,
a sub-index page containing links to each Resource Library or Resource
Library Magazine article or essay concerning that institution,
plus available information on its location and other descriptive information.
A typical notation at the end of an article or essay might be "Read
more information, articles and essays concerning this institutional source
by visiting the sub-index page for the (named institution) in Resource
Library (or Resource Library Magazine in instances
of publication by Traditional Fine Arts Organization's predecessor)"
or similar wording.
TFAO catalogues providing useful resources
American Representational Art links to dozens of topics in American Representational Art
Audio Online a catalogue of online streaming audio recordings
Collections of Historic American Art notable private collections
Distinguished Artists a national registry of historic artists
Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History a catalogue of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII.
Illustrated Audio Online streaming online narrated slide shows
Articles and Essays Online substantive texts published outside of Resource Library
Videos Online a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers
Videos an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format
Books general reference books published on paper
Interactive media media in CD-ROM format
Magazines paper-published magazines and journals
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About Resource Library
Resource Library is a free
online publication of nonprofit Traditional Fine Arts
Organization (TFAO). Since 1997, Resource Library and
its predecessor Resource Library Magazine have cumulatively
published online 1,300+ articles and essays written by hundreds of identified authors, thousands of other texts not attributable
to named authors, plus 24,000+ images, all providing educational and informational
content related to American representational
art. Texts and related images are provided almost exclusively by
nonprofit art museum, gallery and art center sources.
All published materials provide educational and informational content to students, scholars, teachers and others. Most published materials relate to exhibitions. Materials may include whole exhibition gallery guides, brochures or catalogues or texts from them, perviously published magazine or journal articles, wall panels and object labels, audio tour scripts, play scripts, interviews, blogs, checklists and news releases, plus related images.
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Links to sources of information outside our website are provided only as referrals for your further consideration. Please use due diligence in judging the quality of information contained in these and all other websites. Information from linked sources may be inaccurate or out of date. We neither recommend or endorses these referenced organizations. Although we include links to other websites, we take no responsibility for the content or information contained on other sites, nor exert any editorial or other control over them. For more information on evaluating web pages see our General Resources section in Online Resources for Collectors and Students of Art History. section in Online Resources for Collectors and Students of Art History.
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