Artists & Illustrators

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Search or browse our A–Z list of artists and illustrators represented in the Public Domain Image Library. Each artist page brings together out-of-copyright images, short biographical information and links to available high-resolution downloads. Use the search box if you already have a name in mind, or browse by surname to discover painters, illustrators, poster artists, botanical artists, book illustrators and designers whose work is in the public domain.

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  • John Lawson

    John Lawson (1838-1908) was born on 10th June 1838 in Dunfermline, Scotland,... 

  • Charles Le Brun

    Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), born in Paris, stands as one of the... 

  • Edward Lear

    Edward Lear (1812-1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet,... 

  • Albert Lebourg

    Albert Lebourg (1849-1928), birth name Albert-Marie Lebourg, also called Albert-Charles Lebourg and... 

  • Pierre-Thomas Leclerc

    Pierre-Thomas Leclerc (c.1740-c.1800) was a French artist who regularly contributed fashion plates... 

  • John Lee

    John Ingle Lee (1839-1882) was a Liverpool-born British Victorian painter in a... 

  • Sydney Lee

    Sydney Lee RA (1866-1949) was a British wood engraver, active at the... 

  • Charles Lees

    Charles Lees RSA (1800-1880) was a Scottish portrait painter who specialised in... 

  • Alfred Leete

    Alfred Ambrose Chew Leete (1882-1933) was a British graphic artist. Born at... 

  • Louis Legrand

    Louis Legrand (1863-1951) was a notable French artist, celebrated primarily for his... 

  • Wilhelm Leibl

    Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (1844-1900) was a German realist painter. He became... 

  • Edmund Blair Leighton

    Edmund Blair Leighton ROI (1852-1922) was an English painter of historical genre... 

  • Lord Leighton by James Tissot

    Lord Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) was a prominent British painter and sculptor, celebrated... 

  • Fred Leist

    Frederick William Leist (1873-1945) was an Australian artist. During the First World... 

  • Richard P. Leitch

    Richard Pettigrew Leitch (1827-1882?) was a Scottish artist, born 11th October 1927... 

  • William Leighton Leitch

    William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883) was a master Scottish landscape watercolour painter and... 

  • Sir Peter Lely

    Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) was a prominent portrait painter in seventeenth-century England,... 

  • Léopold Lelée

    Léopold Lelée (1872-1947), known as Leo, was a French painter and illustrator... 

  • Georges Lemmen

    Georges Lemmen (1865-1916) was a neo-impressionist painter from Belgium. He was a... 

  • François Lemoyne

    François Lemoyne or François Le Moine (1688-1737) was a French rococo painter.... 

  • Sabine Lepsius

    Sabine Lepsius (1864-1942) was a German portrait painter. She was the daughter... 

  • Charles Robert Leslie

    Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) was a distinguished Anglo-American genre painter and art... 

  • George Dunlop Leslie

    George Dunlop Leslie RA (1835-1921) was a British genre painter, author and... 

  • Charles James Lewis

    Charles James Lewis (1830-1892) was an English painter in oils and watercolours.... 

  • John Frederick Lewis

    John Frederick Lewis RA (1804-1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialised... 

  • John Hardwicke Lewis

    John Hardwicke Lewis (1842-1927) was born in Hyderabad, India, in 1842.  He... 

  • Joseph Leyendecker, couple dancing

    Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951) was a prominent American illustrator and painter, renowned... 

  • Judith Leyster

    Judith Jans Leyster (1609-1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre... 

  • Max Liebermann

    Max Liebermann (1847-1935) was a pivotal figure in German art, renowned for... 

  • Gustave Liebscher

    Gustave Liebscher (1870-1953) was born to German parents in Wisconsin, USA. He... 

  • Bruno Liljefors

    Bruno Andreas Liljefors (1860-1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best... 

  • John Lindley

    John Lindley FRS (1799-1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Born... 

  • Carl Lindman

    Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856-1928) was a Swedish botanist and botanical artist,... 

  • Jean-Etienne Liotard

    Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789) was a Swiss painter of notable originality and international... 

  • Filippo Lippi

    Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) was an influential figure in the Italian Renaissance, renowned... 

  • Wilhelm List

    Wilhelm List (1864-1918) was a pupil of Christian Griepenkerl at the Vienna... 

  • Horace Mann Livens

    Horace Mann Livens (1862-1936) was born in Croydon, South London, in 1936.... 

  • Thomas James Lloyd

    Thomas James Lloyd (1849-1910) was a distinguished Australian-born British watercolourist and draughtsman,... 

  • Agnes Locke

    Agnes Teresa Locke (1859-1941) was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, UK,... 

  • William Logsdail

    William Logsdail (1859-1944) was a prolific English landscape, portrait, and genre painter.... 

  • Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, woman in a red dress with a cigarette

    Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, born Anna Frieda Wächtler (1899-1940) was a German painter of... 

  • Marianne Loir

    Marianne Loir or Marie-Anne Loir (1705-1783) was a French painter who specialised... 

  • Barbara Longhi

    Barbara Longhi (1552-1638) was an accomplished Italian painter of the late Renaissance,... 

  • Pietro Longhi

    Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of... 

  • Claude

    Claude Lorrain, born Claude Gellée (c.1600-1682), in around 1600 in the small... 

  • Lorenzo Lotto

    Lorenzo Lotto (c.1480-1556/57) was an Italian painter recognised for his distinctive contributions... 

  • Jane Loudon

    Jane Loudon (1800-1858) was a notable figure in the world of horticulture... 

  • Fernand Léger

    Fernand Léger (1881-1955), born in Argentan, Normandy, France, stands as one of... 

  • Georges Leonnec

    Georges Léonnec (1881-1940), the brother of the novelist Félix Léonnec, began his... 

  • Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine

    Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine (1835-1892) was a French painter who specialised in... 

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