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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  • Johannes Baader

    Johannes Baader (1875-1955) was a German architect, writer, and artist, best known... 

  • Johannes Baargeld

    Johannes Theodor Baargeld was a pseudonym of Alfred Emanuel Ferdinand Grünwald (1892-1927),... 

  • Harriet Backer

    Harriet Backer (1845-1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her... 

  • Stephen Baghot de la Bere

    Stephen Baghot de la Bere (1877-1927) was a painter, illustrator and cartoonist.... 

  • Alice Bailly

    Alice Bailly (1872-1938) was a Swiss avant-garde painter, known for her interpretations... 

  • David Bailly

    David Bailly (1584-1657) was a Dutch Golden Age artist known for his... 

  • Edward Baird

    Edward Baird (1904-1949) was a Scottish artist, known for his portrait painting.... 

  • Leon Bakst

    Léon Samoylovich Bakst (Леон (Лев) Самойлович Бакст, 1866-1924), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg,... 

  • Alesso Baldovinetti

    Alesso Baldovinetti, sometimes mistakenly referred to as Alessio (1427-1499), was an Italian... 

  • Hans Baldung

    Hans Baldung (c.1484-1545), also known as Hans Baldung Grien, was a prominent... 

  • Ronald Balfour

    Ronald Egerton Balfour (1896-1941) was a British Illustrator and costume designer, best... 

  • Alex Ballingall

    Alexander Ballingall (1847-c.1927) was born in Largo, Scotland to William Ballingall (b.1817),... 

  • Hans Baluschek

    Hans Baluschek (1870-1935) was a German painter, graphic artist, and writer, best... 

  • Charles Burton Barber

    Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894) was a British painter who attained great success... 

  • Jacopo de' Barberi

    Jacopo de’ Barberi (c.1460-1516), often referred to in historical records as Jacopo... 

  • George Barbier Art Deco fashion illustration

    George Barbier (1882-1932) né Georges Augustin Barbier, was one of the great... 

  • McClelland Barclay

    McClelland Barclay (1891-1943) was a prominent American illustrator, designer, and painter, whose... 

  • James Bard

    James Bard (1815-1897) was a distinguished 19th-century American marine painter, celebrated for... 

  • Francis Barlow

    Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704) was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator. He ranks... 

  • William Barraud

    William Barraud (1810-1850) was an English animal painter and illustrator, the brother... 

  • John George Bartholomew

    John George Bartholomew FRSE FRGS (1860-1920) was a British cartographer and geographer.... 

  • Rose Barton

    Rose Mary Barton RWS (1856-1929) was an Anglo-Irish artist, a watercolourist who... 

  • Marie Bashkirtseff

    Maria Bashkirtseff (1858-1884) (Мария Константиновна Башкирцева), born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in 1858... 

  • Jacopo Bassano

    Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian... 

  • Leandro Bassano

    Leandro Bassano (1557-1622), also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian artist... 

  • Marc Auguste Bastard

    Marc Auguste Bastard (1863-1926) was a Swiss painter, lithographer and pottery painter,... 

  • Jules Bastien-Lepage

    Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning... 

  • Pompeo Batoni

    Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787) stands as one of the most celebrated Italian... 

  • Pierre-Antoine Baudouin

    Pierre-Antoine Baudouin (1723-1769) was a French painter working in the style of... 

  • Ferdinand Bauer

    Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826) was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on... 

  • John Bauer

    John Albert Bauer (1882-1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. His work... 

  • Carle Wilhelm Friedrich Bauerle

    Karl or Carle Wilhelm Friedrich Bauerle (1831-1912) was a painter who achieved... 

  • Lubin Baugin

    Lubin Baugin (c.1612-1663) was a French painter known for a small number... 

  • Charles-Louis Baugniet

    Charles-Louis Baugniet (1814-1886) was a Belgian painter, lithographer and aquarellist. His name... 

  • William Bauly

    William Bauly was an American artist who was active in the middle... 

  • Willi Baumeister

    Willi Baumeister (1889-1955) was a pioneering German artist, designer, and influential figure... 

  • Émile-Antoine Bayard

    Émile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891) was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne.... 

  • Frederic Bazille

    Jean Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille's... 

  • Mary Beale

    Mary Beale (née Cradock) (1633-1699) stands as one of the most significant... 

  • Sydney Hulme Beaman

    Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887-1932) was a British author, actor and illustrator.... 

  • James Henry Beard

    James Henry Beard (1811-1893) was born in Buffalo, New York. When he was... 

  • The Beardsley Limner

    The identity of the artist, named the Beardsley Limner after the portraits... 

  • Aubrey Beardsley

    Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) was a renowned British artist and illustrator, celebrated for... 

  • Cecilia Beaux

    Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was an influential American painter born on 1 September... 

  • Max Beckmann

    Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor,... 

  • Francis D. Bedford

    Francis Donkin Bedford (1864-1954), also known as F. D. Bedford, was a... 

  • Sir William Beechey

    Sir William Beechey RA (1753-1839) was a British portraitist during the golden... 

  • Carl Begas

    Carl Joseph Begas, or Karl Begas, (1794-1854) was a German painter who... 

  • Peter Behrens

    Peter Behrens (1868-1940) was a pioneering German artist, architect, and designer whose... 

  • George Belcher

    George Frederick Arthur Belcher RA (1875-1947) was an English cartoonist, etcher and... 

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