Heather Gendron
Art Librarian
hgendron@email.unc.edu
919-962-1061

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Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists' Names
Art Ready Reference N40 .K3 1993

The following pronunciation guides are limited in scope, but they have audio files so that you can hear how the names are pronounced.

A handful of major European artists, 15th-20th century
From inogolo, which hosts a number of various pronunciation guides.

Chinese from the National Gallery
Pronunciation guide to Pinyin, the official romanization system in the People's Republic of China.

French (and a little Dutch) from the National Gallery
From the Vincent van Gogh Teaching Program

Dutch
Names and terms related to Vermeer. Includes some other artists.

The Impressionists (people and places)
From the Art Institute of Chicago