Database Sources

(If the database links ask for login information please access the databases using the library website research resources link instead.)

Encyclopedia Britannica Database

Type your artist in the Search bar.
If there are no results for your artist, click on reading level number 3 for more results.
To cite your source, click on the box with the checkmark on it. Then copy and paste the citation in MLA format.
To find images, click on image tab, click on the image you want to use. Right click, copy, & paste the image. Then cite your image by scrolling down the page and clicking on "Sharing Options" then click the box with the checkmark on it to copy and paste the citation in MLA format.

Gale Biography Database

Type your artist in the Search bar.
To cite your source, click on cite icon at top of page. Then copy and paste the citation in MLA format.

Gale Fine Arts Database

Type your artist in the Search bar.
To cite your source, click on cite icon at top of page. Then copy and paste citation in MLA format.

Website Resources

"Impressionism" from Google Arts and Culture

The Art Story: Impressionism - click on your artist (tip: you may need to click on Post-Impressionism to find your artist)

Musee Giverny Impressionism Artists (does not have an entry for all artists on list)

World History Encyclopedia - type your artist in the search box

Ducksters Biographies - scroll down to Artists heading (to cite scroll down to bottom of page to copy and paste MLA citation)

Avoid Plagiarism Cite Your Sources

Google Doc Citation Tool Instructions

Works Cited

Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890), Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889, oil on canvas, 29 x 36 inches. Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://arh141.commons.gc.cuny.edu/week-3/

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