Artchive, (formerly "The Artchive") is an online art gallery. It was established in 1998 by Mark Harden. He contributed to WebMuseum from 1995 before establishing the Artchive. A biography of the founder called it a "top art resource".[1] A user on Pinterest called it "such a valuable website".[2]

Artchive (formerly "The Artchive")
Founded1998
Founder(s)Mark Harden
URLwww.artchive.com
Image of Bride of the Wind, a 1913 painting by Oskar Kokoschka, from the Artchive.

The Artchive website displays historic artworks with a convenient viewer that allows the size of the image to be set easily as required. It provides a leading online teaching resource for art at a university level.[3]

The Artchive contains 3,500 artwork by more than 200 artists.[4]

It has the same name as a service of SITO.[5]

Notable works on the site include The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Mark Harden". Museums and the Web. Archives & Museum Informatics. 1999.
  2. ^ "Artchive". Pinterest.
  3. ^ "Mark Harden's Artchive". University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  4. ^ "Artchive Artwork Search". Artchive.
  5. ^ "SITO-Artchive". SITO.
  6. ^ "The Fight between Carnival and Lent". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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