Dedicated to the life and career of Caroline van Hook Bean, (1879-1980), this book is based on the notebooks, letters and photographs preserved from her estate, and the multitude of images of her known works of art. Trained by some of America's greatest Impressionist painters, Caroline went on to perhaps the longest active career of any artist.

AskART.com presents a biographical sketch of American artist and painter Caroline Van Hook Bean (1879-1980). Additional information for Bean includes a bibliography of publications about the artist, museum holdings, current exhibits, images of the artist's work, etc. Auction records, including highest prices, are available only to AskART members.

"The purpose of this book is the identification of artists' signatures: some 4,500 American artists and, in addition, some 600 Canadian and Latin American artists. Necessary biographical information, such as nationality, birth and death dates, is given along with bibliographical references and auction records in the form of key letters which help direct the reader to further sources of information. With each artist, there is presented at least one signature facsimile; in many cases, multiple signatures totalling nearly 10,000 examples taken from oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints covering as broad a range as possible in painting styles and periods from 1800 through 1989. For the easy identification of an artist who signs his or her work with a pseudonym, monogram, symbol or indecipherable signature, there are three separate sections in the back of the book."--Introduction.