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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  • Lorenzo Costa

    Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535) was an Italian painter. He was born in Ferrara,... 

  • Maria Cosway

    Maria Cosway (1760-1838) was a remarkable Anglo-Italian artist, musician, and intellectual who... 

  • John Sell Cotman

    John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher,... 

  • Gustave Courbet

    Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the... 

  • Eanger Irving Couse

    Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) was an American painter renowned for his evocative... 

  • Thomas Couture

    Thomas Couture (1815-1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught... 

  • Hendrick Couturier

    Hendrick Couturier (1620-1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to The... 

  • Charles A. Cox, ladies on a tandem bike

    Charles Arthur Cox (1829-1901) was a businessman, an artist and art teacher.... 

  • David Cox

    David Cox (1783-1859) stands as one of the most significant figures in... 

  • Alexander Cozens

    Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) stands as a significant figure in the evolution of... 

  • John Robert Cozens

    John Robert Cozens (1752-1797) was a British draftsman and painter of romantic... 

  • Lucas Cranach the Elder

    Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was a distinguished German Renaissance artist, whose... 

  • Walter Crane

    Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an influential English artist and illustrator, renowned for... 

  • Joseph Crawhall

    Joseph Crawhall (1861-1913) was an English artist born in Morpeth, Northumberland. Crawhall... 

  • Giuseppe Crespi

    Giuseppe Crespi, known as “Lo Spagnuolo” (The Spaniard) (1665-1747), was an Italian... 

  • Joshua Cristall

    Joshua Cristall (1768-1847) was a significant English watercolour painter, known for his... 

  • Carlo Crivelli

    Carlo Crivelli (c.1430-c.1495) was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his distinctive,... 

  • John Crome

    John Crome (1768-1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from... 

  • James Shaw Crompton

    James Shaw Crompton (1853-1916) was a British painter and illustrator known for... 

  • Gordon Crosby

    Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885-1943), known as Gordon Crosby, was an English automotive... 

  • Henri-Edmond Cross

    Henri-Edmond Cross (1856-1910) was a prominent French painter and printmaker, celebrated for... 

  • William Edward Croxford

    William Edward Croxford (1852-1926) was an artist born in Brentwood, Essex. He... 

  • George Cruikshank

    George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a distinguished British artist, caricaturist, and illustrator whose... 

  • Conradijn Cunaeus

    Conradijn Cunaeus (1828-1895) was a Dutch animalier painter and lithographer. Cunaeus was... 

  • Cyrus Cuneo

    Cyrus Cincinato Cuneo ROI (1879-1916), known as Ciro, was an American-born English... 

  • James Jackson Curnock

    James Jackson Curnock (1839-1891) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic... 

  • Currier & Ives

    Currier and Ives was a renowned American printmaking firm that operated during... 

  • John Steuart Curry

    John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) was an American painter whose work powerfully captured... 

  • Richard Dadd

    Richard Dadd (1817-1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted... 

  • Ernest Dade

    Ernest Frederick Dade (1868-1935), later known as Ernst Dade, was an English... 

  • Lily Daff, Spotted Shag

    Lily Attey Daff (1885-1945) was a British-born designer and artist who worked... 

  • Johan Christian Dahl

    Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (1788-1857) stands as one of Norway’s most celebrated... 

  • David Dalby of York

    David Dalby of York (1790-1840) was an English artist renowned for his... 

  • George Dalziel

    The Brothers Dalziel (pronounced dee-ELL) was a prolific wood-engraving business in Victorian... 

  • William Daniell

    William Daniell (1769-1837) was a distinguished English landscape painter and engraver, renowned... 

  • Georges Darcy

    Georges Darcy (b.1883) was a French artist, born in 1883.  He produced... 

  • Honoré Daumier

    Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) was a French artist renowned for his keen social... 

  • Jacques-Louis David

    Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), a pivotal figure in the history of Western art,... 

  • Jules David

    Jean-Baptiste David, more commonly known as Jules David (1808-1892), was a notable... 

  • Jeremiah Davison

    Jeremiah Davison (c.1695-1745) was a Scottish-born London portrait painter active in the... 

  • Philip Dawe

    Philip Dawe (c.1730-1832) was an English mezzotint engraver, artist and political cartoonist.... 

  • Alfred Dawson

    Alfred Dawson (1843-1931) was a landscape painter, wood-engraver and etcher, who was... 

  • Dawson, Nelson

    Nelson Ethelred Dawson (1859-1941) was an English artist and member of the... 

  • Evelyn de Morgan

    Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) was an English painter linked to the later... 

  • John Dearle

    John Henry Dearle (1859-1932) was a British textile and stained-glass designer trained... 

  • Charles Deas

    Charles Deas (1818-1867) was an American painter noted for his oil paintings... 

  • Joseph DeCamp

    Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (1858-1923) was an American painter and educator. Born in... 

  • Edgar Degas

    Edgar Degas (born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, 1834-1917) was a French Impressionist artist... 

  • Eugène Delacroix

    Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was a towering figure in French Romantic art, celebrated... 

  • Mary Delany

    Mary Delany (1700-1788), earlier Mary Pendarves, née Granville was an English artist,... 

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