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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  • Henry Constantine Richter

    Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902) was an English zoological illustrator who produced a... 

  • Herbert Davis Richter

    Herbert Davis Richter (1874-1955) was born in Brighton on 10th May 1874.... 

  • Hyacinthe Rigaud

    Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) stands as one of the most distinguished portrait painters... 

  • Jozsef Rippl-Ronai

    József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927) stands as one of Hungary’s most influential and innovative... 

  • Briton Rivière

    Briton Rivière RA (1840-1920) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He... 

  • Titanic

    The RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner, remains one of the most... 

  • Manuel Robbe

    Emmanuel Robbe (1872-1936) was a French painter and printmaker, best remembered as... 

  • Robert Borlase Smart

    Robert Borlase Smart, known as Borlase Smart (1881-1947) in St Ives, Cornwall) worked... 

  • Hubert Robert

    Hubert Robert (1733-1808) was a distinguished French painter, draughtsman, and designer, celebrated... 

  • David Roberts

    David Roberts RA RBA (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially... 

  • Tom Roberts

    Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key... 

  • Albert Robida

    Albert Robida (1848-1926) was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist.... 

  • Thomas Sewell Robins

    Thomas Sewell Robins (1810-1880) was a British painter of maritime subjects. Born... 

  • Charles Robinson

    Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was a prolific British book illustrator. Born in Islington,... 

  • Gordon Robinson

    Gordon Robinson (1885-1952) was born in Barnes, South West London (then Surrey),... 

  • Theodore Robinson

    Theodore Robinson (1852-1896) was an American painter best known for his Impressionist... 

  • Thomas Heath Robinson

    Thomas Heath Robinson (1869-1954) was an English illustrator of books and magazines,... 

  • William Heath Robinson

    William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was an English cartoonist, illustrator and literary figure... 

  • Georges Rochegrosse

    Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) was a French historical and decorative painter. He... 

  • Jorgen Roed

    Jørgen Roed (1808-1888) was a distinguished Danish painter whose career spanned much... 

  • Christian Rohlfs

    Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the... 

  • Alfred Roller

    Alfred Roller (1864-1935) was an Austrian painter, graphic designer, and set designer.... 

  • George Romney

    George Romney (1734-1802) was a distinguished English portrait painter, renowned for his... 

  • Michael Angelo Rooker

    Michael 'Angelo' Rooker ARA (1746 or 1743-1801) was an English oil and... 

  • Felicien Rops

    Félicien Rops (1833-1898) was a Belgian artist renowned for his provocative, imaginative,... 

  • Salvator Rosa

    Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) was an Italian painter, poet, and printmaker whose life... 

  • Margaret Roscoe

    Margaret Roscoe (nee Lace 1786-1840) was an early 19th-century English botanical illustrator... 

  • Isaac Rosenberg

    Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918) was an English poet and artist. His Poems from... 

  • Marion T. Ross

    Marion T. Ross, affectionately known as 'Penny', lived from 1881-1937. He was... 

  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was a pivotal figure in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,... 

  • Henri Rouart

    Stanislas-Henri Rouart (1833-1912) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter.... 

  • Harry Rountree

    Harry Rountree (1878-1950) was a prolific illustrator working in England around the... 

  • Henri Rousseau

    Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was born in Laval, France and was a self-taught... 

  • Ernest Rowe

    Ernest Arthur Rowe (1862-1922) was a watercolourist specialising in garden scenes. He... 

  • Thomas Rowlandson

    Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian... 

  • Pierre Roy

    Pierre Roy (1880-1950) was a French surrealist painter. He is known for... 

  • Peter Paul Rubens

    Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a prolific Flemish Baroque painter, renowned for... 

  • Jacob van Ruisdael

    Jacob van Ruisdael (1628-1682) stands as one of the most celebrated figures... 

  • Philipp Otto Runge

    Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) occupies a central, if somewhat enigmatic, position in... 

  • Ernst Ruprecht

    Ernst Ruprecht (1891-1954) was possibly a Swiss artist, although we can find... 

  • John Ruskin

    John Ruskin (1819-1900) was an English polymath - a writer, lecturer, art... 

  • Charles M. Russell

    Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), also known as C.M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and... 

  • Morgan Russell

    Morgan Russell (1886-1953) was an influential American painter, best known as a... 

  • Walter Russell

    Sir Walter Westley Russell CVO RA (1867-1949) was a British painter and... 

  • Luigi Russolo

    Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo (1885-1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder... 

  • Rachel Ruysch

    Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) stands out as one of the most acclaimed flower... 

  • Albert Pinkham Ryder

    Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917) was an American painter whose unique and visionary... 

  • Theo van Rysselberghe

    Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter who significantly... 

  • Paul Sandby

    Paul Sandby (1731-1809) is widely regarded as one of the founding figures... 

  • Frederick Sandys

    Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), born Antonio Frederic Augustus Sands, usually known... 

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