Maryland Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Resource Library essays listed by author name in alphabetical order, followed by articles:
Maryland Artists from the Collection, 1890-1970
Regional Artists from the Permanent Collection of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Resource Library does not contain additional articles or essays dedicated specifically to Maryland art. As of February 7, 2012 Resource Library does contain 281 pages including the state's name.
Museums and other non-profit sources of Resource Library articles and essays:
The Mitchell Art Gallery at St. John's College
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Other online information:
Artists from Maryland in Wikipedia
Maryland Historical Society has a website including a Collections Online section featuring historic paintings
Maryland State Art Collection - from State of Maryland
Portraits and Historical Paintings in the Maryland State House
TFAO's
Distinguished
Artists catalogue provides online
access to biographical information for artists associated with this state.
Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and
essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history
and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library
articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not
listed on this page.
Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first:
A Celebration of Maryland Artists: The Permanent Collection By Maryland Artists At Towson State University, by JIM FLOOD. Publisher: TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY (1986). ASIN: B000V5QNJG
350 Years of Art and Architecture in Maryland, Essays by Elizabeth B. Johns, Josephine Withers, David P. Fogle, John W. Hill, Mary A. Dean, and William Voss Edler III, 1984. 248 pp. Published by The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. 1984.
Celebrating 350 Years: Nineteenth-century Maryland Artists, April 1-29, 1984, By Jean Woods, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Md.), Published by Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, 1984. 26 pages
Baltimore's Public Art, By Committee for Public Art in Baltimore, Committee for Public Art in Baltimore. Published by Schneidereith & Sons, 1980. 16 pages
Maryland Heritage: Five Baltimore Institutions Celebrate the American Bicentennial, By John B. Boles, Maryland Historical Society, Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, Peale Museum, Maryland Academy of Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland Academy of Science. Published by Maryland Historical Society, 1976. ISBN 0938420100, 9780938420101. 253 pages
Maryland Historical Prints, 1752 to 1889: A Selection from the Robert G. Merrick Collection, Maryland Historical Society, and Other Maryland Collections, By Lois B. McCauley, Maryland Historical Society, Published by Maryland Historical Society, 1975. 259 pages
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland, By Baltimore Museum of Art, Jacob Hall Pleasants, Published by Baltimore Museum of Art, 1945. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Digitized Jul 14, 2008. 78 pages "A survey of painting in Maryland, by J. Hall Pleasants": p. 5-13.
Oil Paintings by a Group of Maryland Artists, by Arnot Art Museum - Painting, American - 1939. Catalog of an exhibition held Apr., 1939.
Artists who Have Worked in Baltimore, 1796-1880, By S E Lafferty. Published by s.n, 1934. "The original copy of this list is in the George Peabody Dept. of the Enoch Pratt Free Library." (text courtesy of Google Books)
Art in Baltimore Monuments and Memorials: Monuments and Memorials, By William Sener Rusk. Published by Norman, Remington Co., 1924. 141 pages
Baltimore: Its History and Its People, By Clayton Colman Hall, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Published by Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912. (vol. 1)
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