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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  • Antonio del Pollaiuolo

    Antonio del Pollaiuolo (c.1429/33-1498) was a prominent figure of the Italian Renaissance,... 

  • Piero del Pollaiuolo

    Piero del Pollaiuolo (c.1443-1496) was a distinguished Italian Renaissance artist whose achievements... 

  • James Pollard

    James Pollard (1792-1867) was a British painter noted for his mail coach,... 

  • Pontormo

    Jacopo Carucci, known as Pontormo (1494-1556), was a pivotal figure in the... 

  • Clara Pope

    Clara Maria Leigh or Clara Maria Pope (c.1767-1838) was a British painter... 

  • Nicholas Poussin

    Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), a prominent figure in Baroque painting, was born  in... 

  • Cyril Power

    Cyril Edward Power (1872-1951) was an English artist best known for his... 

  • Edward John Poynter

    Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet GCVO, PRA (1836-1919) was an English... 

  • Ernest Prater

    Ernest Prater (1864-1950) was a noted English artist and book illustrator, notable... 

  • Maurice Prendergast

    Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) was an American Post-Impressionist painter renowned for his vibrant,... 

  • Gaetano Previati

    Gaetano Previati (1852-1920) was an influential Italian painter and a key figure... 

  • René Princeteau

    René Pierre Charles Princeteau (1843-1914) was a French animal painter. René Princeteau... 

  • Valentine Prinsep

    Valentine Cameron Prinsep RA (1838-1904) was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite... 

  • Henri Privat-Livemont, Absinthe Robette

    Privat Antoine Théodore Livemont (1861-1936) was a Belgian Symbolist painter and Art... 

  • Howard Pyle

    Howard Pyle (1853-1911) was an influential American illustrator and writer, often regarded... 

  • John Quidor

    John Quidor (1801-1881) was a distinctive figure in nineteenth-century American art, celebrated... 

  • Alfred Quinton

    Alfred Robert Quinton (1853-1934) was an English watercolour artist, known for his... 

  • Alphonse Quizet

    Alphonse Léon Quizet (1885-1955) was a French Modernist painter, born in Paris... 

  • Arthur Rackham

    Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was an influential English illustrator known for his distinctive style... 

  • Henry Raeburn

    Sir Henry Raeburn RA RSA FRSE (1756-1823) was a Scottish portrait painter.... 

  • Jean-François Raffaëlli

    Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who... 

  • Charles Raleigh

    Charles Sidney Raleigh (1831-1925) was a British maritime painter who started his... 

  • Allan Ramsay

    Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) was a Scottish painter who specialised in portrait painting.... 

  • Herbert A. Rankin

    Herbert Alfred Rankin (1864-1926) was born in Braintree, Essex, UK, in 1864... 

  • Paul Ranson

    Paul-Élie Ranson (1861-1909) was a French painter and writer associated with Les... 

  • Jean Raoux

    Jean Raoux (1677-1734) was a French painter born in Montpellier. After the... 

  • Raphael

    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), generally known in English as Raphael, was... 

  • James Raphael Jones

    James Raphael Jones (1860-1938) was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, to William... 

  • Eric Ravilious

    Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) stands as one of Britain’s most distinctive twentieth-century artists,... 

  • Katherine Read

    Catherine Read (or Katherine, 1723-1778) was a Scottish artist. Born in the... 

  • Odilon Redon

    Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a visionary French artist whose work is often... 

  • Pierre-Joseph Redoute

    Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist from the Austrian Netherlands,... 

  • Ethel Reed

    Ethel Reed (1874-1912) was an American graphic artist. In the 1890s, her... 

  • E. Dorothy Rees

    Edith Dorothy Rees (1891-1967) was born in the Stamford Hill area of... 

  • Fritz Rehm

    Fritz Rehm (1871-1928) is a German illustrator of the fin de siècle... 

  • Robert Reid

    Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1929) was an American Impressionist painter and muralist. His... 

  • Stephen Reid

    Stephen Reid (1873-1948) was a Scottish illustrator and painter who specialised in... 

  • Alvaro Guevara

    Álvaro Guevara Reimers (1894-1951) was a Chilean-born painter, based in London and... 

  • Philip Reinagle

    Philip Reinagle RA (1749-1833) was an English painter of animals, landscapes and... 

  • John Constable by Ramsay Reinagle

    Ramsay Richard Reinagle RA (1775-1862) was an English portrait, landscape, and animal... 

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher, whose... 

  • Frederic Remington

    Frederic Remington (1861-1900) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer, renowned... 

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir

    Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), a central figure of the Impressionist movement, was born... 

  • Ilya Repin

    Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930) stands as one of the most influential Russian... 

  • Joshua Reynolds

    Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.... 

  • Louis Rhead

    Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and... 

  • Albert Richards

    Albert Richards (1919-1945) was a British war artist. Born in 1919 to... 

  • Agnes Richardson

    Agnes K. Richardson (1885-1951) was born in Wimbledon, London, and studied at Lambeth... 

  • Frederick Richardson

    Frederick Richardson (1862-1937) was an American illustrator of the late nineteenth and... 

  • Thomas Richmond

    Thomas Richmond (1802-1874) was a British portrait painter, known for his idealised... 

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