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 Dalbiac Luard

    John Dalbiac Luard (1830-1860) was a British artist who was born into... 

  • Maximilien Luce

    Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was a French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings,... 

  • J.W. Ludlow

    Joseph Williamson Ludlow (1840-1916) was a renowned British artist, illustrator, and lithographer,... 

  • William Luker Jr

    William Luker Jr. (1867-1951), was a British painter, the eldest of six children.... 

  • Bertha Lum

    Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954) was an American artist known for helping popularise... 

  • Alexandre Lunois

    Alexandre Lunois (1863-1916) was a French artist who reinvented the lithography technique... 

  • Alexander Lydon

    Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) was an English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver,... 

  • Angusine Macgregor

    Angusine Jeanne Macgregor (1879-1961) was a Scottish artist.  Her father, Angus Macgregor,... 

  • William York MacGregor

    William York MacGregor (1855-1923) was a Scottish landscape painter and a leading... 

  • Lizzie Mack

    Elizabeth Ann Lawson (1858-1958) was born on 5th September 1858 in Dunfermline,... 

  • August Macke

    August Robert Ludwig Macke (1887-1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was... 

  • Finlay Mackinnon

    Finlay MacKinnon (1863-1931), also known as "The Poolewe Artist" was a late... 

  • Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Wassail

    Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist.... 

  • Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

    Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933) was a pioneering British artist and designer whose... 

  • Daniel Maclise

    Daniel Maclise RA (1806-1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait... 

  • Frances Macdonald MacNair

    Frances MacDonald MacNair (1873-1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was... 

  • James Herbert MacNair

    James Herbert MacNair (1868-1955), also McNair, was a Scottish artist, designer and... 

  • Bessie MacNicol

    Elizabeth MacNicol (1869-1904) was a Scottish painter and member of the Glasgow... 

  • William McTaggart

    William MacTaggart (1835-1910) stands as one of Scotland’s most revered landscape and... 

  • John MacWhirter

    John MacWhirter RA (1839-1911) was a Scottish landscape painter. John was the... 

  • Jacob Maentel

    Jacob Maentel (1763-1863) was a German-American artist whose distinctive legacy offers a... 

  • Nicolaes Maes

    Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693) was an influential figure in Dutch Golden Age painting,... 

  • Aristide Maillol

    Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) was one of France’s most renowned sculptors, whose artistic... 

  • Kazimir Malevich

    Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist,... 

  • Robert Mallet-Stevens

    Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) stands as one of the most influential figures in... 

  • Édouard Manet

    Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a pioneering French painter who played a crucial... 

  • Henri Manguin

    Henri Charles Manguin (1874-1949) was a French painter, associated with the Fauves.... 

  • Alexander Mann

    Alexander Mann (1853-1908) was a Scottish landscape and genre painter. He was... 

  • Harrington Mann

    Harrington Mann (1864-1937) was a Scottish portrait artist and decorative painter. He... 

  • Andrea Mantegna

    Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506) holds a distinguished place among the most influential Italian... 

  • Carlo Maratta

    Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) stands as one of the preeminent painters of the... 

  • Franz Marc Blue Horse image

    Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (1880-1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one... 

  • Henry Stacy Marks

    Henry Stacy Marks RA (1829-1898) was a British artist who took a... 

  • Albert Marquet

    Albert Marquet (1875-1947) was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement,... 

  • Marsh, Reginald

    Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) was a prominent American painter and printmaker, renowned for... 

  • Benjamin Marshall

    Benjamin Marshall (1768-1835) was an English sporting and animal painter. He was... 

  • Herbert Marshall

    Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator, and... 

  • Thomas Falcon Marshall

    Thomas Falcon Marshall (1818-1878) was an English artist, known as a painter... 

  • Charles Martin Art Deco fashion illustration

    Charles Martin (1884-1934) was a French artist and illustrator whose Art Deco... 

  • Masaccio

    Masaccio (1401-1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone in San Giovanni... 

  • Quentin Massys

    Quentin Massys (1465-1530), Matsys or Metsys, was the leading painter in Antwerp... 

  • Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece

    The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece is the nickname given to... 

  • Matisse, Auguste

    Auguste Matisse (1866-1931) was a French painter born on 22 May 1866.... 

  • Henri Matisse

    Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor and printmaker whose... 

  • Wiliam Matthison

    William Matthison (1853-1926) was a watercolourist, many of whose pictures were made... 

  • Edgar Maxence

    Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter. He was taught by... 

  • Donald Maxwell

    Donald Maxwell (1877-1936) was an English writer and illustrator, still notable for... 

  • H. Thomas Maybank

    Thomas Maybank (1869-1929) was born Hector Thomas Maybank Webb in Beckenham, Kent,... 

  • Sebastiano Mazzolino

    Sebastiano Mazzolino was a 19th-century Italian painter known for allegorical works, most... 

  • Arthur David McCormick

    Arthur David McCormick FRGS (1860-1943) was a British illustrator and painter of... 

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