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Benezit Dictionary of Artists

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Originally published
  
1911

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Artist books
  
Thieme‑Becker, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Dictionary of American, Artists in California - 1786‑1940

The Benezit Dictionary of Artists (in French, Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs) is an extensive publication of bibliographical information on painters, sculptors, designers and engravers created primarily for art museums, auction houses, historians and dealers. It was published by Éditions Gründ in Paris but has been sold to Oxford University Press.

Contents

First published in the French language in three volumes between 1911 and 1923, the dictionary was put together by Emmanuel Bénézit (1854-1920) and a team of international specialists with assistance from his son the painter Emmanuel-Charles Bénézit (1887-1975), and daughter Marguerite Bénézit. After the elder Bénézit's death the editors were Edmond-Henri Zeiger-Viallet (1895-1994) and the painter Jacques Busse (1922-2004), the younger Bénézit having already left Paris and moved to Provence. The next edition was an eight-volume set published between 1948 and 1955, followed by a ten-volume set in 1976 and a 14-volume set in 1999. In 2006, an English language edition was published for the first time. A 14-volume set, it has more than 20,000 pages, with over 170,000 entries.

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Online biographies

Since 2011, for a fee, the content of the Benezit can be accessed online at Oxford Art Online. Free access is available for members of UK public libraries.

French

  • Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs. Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0199773794.  (14 volumes)
  • Dictionnaire critique & documentaire des peintres sculpteurs dessinateurs & graveurs. Gründ/Hilmarton Manor Press. 1999. ISBN 9782700030105.  (14 volumes)
  • Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Gründ. 1976. ISBN 9782700001495.  (10 volumes)

    • English

  • Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0199773787.  (14 volumes)
  • Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Librairie Gründ. 2006. ISBN 978-2700030709.  (14 volumes)

    • References

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