Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

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Database

Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)

Description

Structured vocabulary currently containing around 293,000 names and other information about artists. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). Among these names, one is flagged as the preferred name.

Sources

Getty Museum

Updated

Irregularly

Time Span

Varies