Issue 1

Bridgeman Art Library is the world's leading source of fine art images. We represent museums, galleries and artists throughout the world by providing a central source of fine art for image users.

William Hogarth
A Children's Tea Party, 1730
National Museum and Gallery
Wales, Cardiff

Welcome to the Bridgeman Art Library International's first e-newsletter.

Leonardo da Vinci
Military Machines,
drawing from a notebook,
c.1487
The British Museum

Some of the people reading this are old friends, familiar with all the amazing resources Bridgeman has to offer. This newsletter will update you on the latest "Bridgeman buzz" and, with any luck, introduce you to something new and exciting.

Others may be discovering us for the first time, in which case we bid you welcome and hope you will stick around and become old friends. Before you explore the rest of the newsletter and the Bridgeman website, here is a little bit of information about us...

The driving ambition behind the
Bridgeman Art Library
is to make the world’s best art available for reproduction.

Master of the Duke of Bedford
John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford,
at prayer before St. George,
from the Bedford Hours, 1414-23
The British Library

Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library represents museums, art collections and artists throughout the world by providing a central source of fine art for image users as well as providing vital funds for museums and art owners to help conserve and exhibit their works for everyone to enjoy. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world, all of which are available for licensing.

Boston Tea Party tea leaves in a glass bottle, collected by T.M. Harris, Dorchester Neck,
December 1773
Massachusetts Historical Society

Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artifacts and many others also feature in the collection.

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
The Head of a Peasant, c.1929-32
State Russian Museum

The Bridgeman Art Library continues to grow in size and depth. Over 500 new images are added to the archive each week and museums represented include such renowned names as the British Museum and the British Library, the National Galleries of Poland, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, South Africa and Wales, and the historical societies of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, Chicago, Dallas and Southern Florida.

Dragonflies
Tiffany Studios
1899-1920
New-York Historical Society

Our website allows users to explore the collection in depth with quick and advanced search facilities.

Bridgeman also has expert researchers available to search the art collections of the world to find new and exciting images for your projects.