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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  • Paolo Uccello

    Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) was an Italian painter and mathematician of the Early... 

  • Walter Ufer

    Walter Ufer (1876-1936) was an American artist based in Taos, New Mexico.... 

  • Ury Lesser

    Leo Lesser Ury (1861-1931) was a German impressionist painter and printmaker, associated... 

  • Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿) (c.1753-1806)

    Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿, c.1753-1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one... 

  • Max Uth

    Gustav Alexander Max Uth (1863-1914) was a German painter of landscapes and... 

  • Maurice Utrillo

    Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), born in Paris, stands as one of the most... 

  • Miquel Utrillo

    Miquel Utrillo i Morlius (1862-1934) was a pivotal figure in the cultural... 

  • Suzanne Valadon

    Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon... 

  • Roger de Valerio

    Roger de Valerio (1886-1951), pseudonym of Roger Laviron, was a French illustrator,... 

  • Anne Vallayer-Coster

    Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was a distinguished French painter renowned for her exquisite... 

  • Félix Vallotton

    Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was a Swiss-born French painter and printmaker, renowned for... 

  • Georges Valmier

    Georges Valmier (1885-1937) was a French painter, born in Angoulême on 11... 

  • Vincent van Gogh

    Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), born on 30th March 1853 in the Netherlands,... 

  • John Vanderlyn

    John Vanderlyn (1775-1852) was an American painter, born at Kingston in the... 

  • Pieter Vanderlyn

    Pieter Vanderlyn (c.1687-1778) was an American colonial painter. Vanderlyn was born in... 

  • Viktor Vasnetsov

    Viktor Vasnetsov (1848-1926) was a pioneering Russian artist whose work played a... 

  • Elihu Vedder

    Elihu Vedder (1836-1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet... 

  • Matthew C. Veitch

    Matthew Campbell Veitch (1865-1925) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Matthew Veitch... 

  • Diego Velázquez

    Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), born in Seville, remains one of the most revered... 

  • Domenico Veneziano

    Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active... 

  • Simon Verelst

    Simon Verelst (1644-1710) was a Dutch-born painter who became renowned for his... 

  • Johannes Vermeer

    Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), born in Delft, Netherlands, is revered as one of... 

  • Carle Vernet

    Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet (1758-1836), was a... 

  • Maurice Verneuil

    Maurice Pillard Verneuil (1869-1942), born Maurice Pillard (adopted the surname Verneuil in... 

  • Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck

    Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck (1600/03-1662) was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter from... 

  • Joseph-Marie Vien

    Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) was a renowned French painter and the final Premier... 

  • Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

    Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), also known as Louise Elisabeth Vigée... 

  • Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio

    Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio (1635-1700) was a Spanish Baroque painter. He was... 

  • Bon Marche Catalogue cover by René Vincent

    René Vincent (1879-1936) was a French illustrator who was active in the... 

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath of... 

  • Robert Vonnoh

    Robert William Vonnoh (1858-1933) was an American Impressionist painter known for his... 

  • Huijgh Pietersz Voskuijl

    Huijgh Pietersz Voskuijl or Huygh Pietersz. Voskuyl (1591-1665) was a Dutch painter.... 

  • Simon Vouet

    Simon Vouet (1590-1649) was a pivotal French painter whose work played a... 

  • Charles Voysey

    Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) was an English architect and furniture and... 

  • Jean-Édouard Vuillard

    Jean-Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) was a prominent French painter, draughtsman, and printmaker associated... 

  • Thomas Wade

    Thomas Wade (1828-1891) was a landscape and rustic genre painter. He was... 

  • Edward Wadsworth

    Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949) stands as a significant figure in the evolution of... 

  • Louis Wain

    Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist best known for his distinctive... 

  • Richard Waitt

    Richard Waitt (1684-1732) was a Scottish artist who specialised in portraiture, but... 

  • Mary Vaux Walcott

    Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940) was an eminent American botanical artist, renowned for... 

  • Ethel Walker

    Dame Ethel Walker DBE ARA (1861-1951) was a pioneering British painter whose... 

  • Frederick Walker

    Frederick Walker ARA RWS (1840-1875) was a British social realist painter and... 

  • William H. Walker

    William Henry Walker (1871-1938) was an American cartoonist and painter who had... 

  • Henry Wallis

    Henry Wallis (1830-1916) was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector. Wallis... 

  • E.A. Walton

    Edward Arthur Walton RI (1860-1922) was a Scottish painter of landscapes and... 

  • James Ward

    James Ward (1769-1859) was an eminent British artist, acclaimed for his exceptional... 

  • Leslie Ward

    Leslie Ward (1851-1922), also known as 'Spy', was a prominent British caricaturist... 

  • Arthur Wardle

    Arthur Wardle (1864-1949) was a British painter who was born in London.... 

  • Henry Franks Waring

    Henry Franks Waring (1875-1963) was born on 12th July 1875 in Milton... 

  • Edmund G. Warren

    Edmund George Warren (1834-1909) was a British landscapist who worked in both... 

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