Arnulf Rainer Works Online
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Original works by Arnulf Rainer available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Arnulf Rainer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
17 works online when last checked
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Bibliotheque Nationale de France (in French) 
Strähnenhaar, 1991
De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Netherlands
Click "works in collection"
Deichtorhallen Hamburg: Haus der Photographie, Germany
Info about a 2007-08 exhibition: "Arnulf Rainer/Dieter Roth: Mixing and Separating"
Essl Collection of Contemporary Art, Austria
Kometenbahn, 1963
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Arnulf Rainer in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento, Italy (in Italian)
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Schleswig-Holstein Museums, Germany
3 works online
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
New Media Encyclopedia
A project sponsored by several museums of contemporary art
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Arnulf Rainer: Bible Overpaintings from the Sammlung Frieder Burda
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Arnulf Rainer: Even Before Language
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