Research Guides: Art Guide: Galleries Online

Artists

Francis Bacon Estate: A website devoted to the images and explanations of the important and idiosyncratic English painter.

Beverly Buchanan Artworks: Oil stick drawing by American Beverly Buchanan.
Maya Lin Storm King Wavefield NYT: New York Times article with slideshow of Maya Lin’s earthwork Wave Field.
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation: Source for biography and selections from the portfolio of this American photographer’s work.
Milwaukee Art Museum: O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: Paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe from her personal collection.
Sandy Skoglund Studio: The official site with source information, images and installation works categorized by date. An important American photographer and installation artist.
DMStarn: Website of contemporary American artists Mike and Doug Starn. Photographs and installations.

Albright - Knox Art Gallery: Collections database and more. Buffalo, New York.

The Art Institute of Chicago: Extensive resource sections, such as the museum's "Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to Ancient Art," are also accessible from this page and include fully bilingual English and Spanish text, video clips, time lines.

Brooklyn Museum: Digital database from one of the country’s oldest and largest museums.
Currier Museum of Art: A smaller museum in Manchester, NH with a fantastic collection, much of it online.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Search over 82,000 images
Galleria Borghese: Rome. Images from the collection, including Giolorenzo Bernini’s sculpture of David.
Henry Art Gallery: The art repository of the University of Washington. An extensive image database and excellent search system.
J. Paul Getty Museum: The Los Angeles museum's site includes extensive image banks
The Louvre Museum: One of the world’s great museums. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa resides here.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The site also includes an online archive with thousands of highlights from the collection.
The Minneapolis Institute of Art and Walker Art Center: ArtsConnectEd, a joint project organized by Minneapolis' two world-class art museums, offers a wealth of ideas on integrating art into the curriculum

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston An extensive digital collection with text information.
National Galleries of Scotland Extensive collection of artwork from many cultures and time periods.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Our national art museum.
The National Museum of American Illustration Artworks from the Golden Age of American Illustration
Seattle Art Museum
The Wadsworth Atheneum: Official website of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. Search their collection from here.

The Berardo Collection: Extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.
Museum of Modern Art New York: Treasure trove of modern art
Frank Gehry sketches: Initial sketches of building design ideas by architect Frank Gehry.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice: Home page for the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice, Italy. Good collection of modern art.
Saatchi Gallery, London: Cutting edge contemporary art, plus a site where any artist can post their work.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Access to the museum’s collection.