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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  • Wilhelm List

    Wilhelm List (1864-1918) was a pupil of Christian Griepenkerl at the Vienna... 

  • Horace Mann Livens

    Horace Mann Livens (1862-1936) was born in Croydon, South London, in 1936.... 

  • Thomas James Lloyd

    Thomas James Lloyd (1849-1910) was a distinguished Australian-born British watercolourist and draughtsman,... 

  • Agnes Locke

    Agnes Teresa Locke (1859-1941) was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, UK,... 

  • William Logsdail

    William Logsdail (1859-1944) was a prolific English landscape, portrait, and genre painter.... 

  • Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, woman in a red dress with a cigarette

    Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, born Anna Frieda Wächtler (1899-1940) was a German painter of... 

  • Marianne Loir

    Marianne Loir or Marie-Anne Loir (1705-1783) was a French painter who specialised... 

  • Long, Nat

    Nathaniel John Long (1893-1955) was a commercial artist and illustrator whose career... 

  • Barbara Longhi

    Barbara Longhi (1552-1638) was an accomplished Italian painter of the late Renaissance,... 

  • Pietro Longhi

    Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of... 

  • Carle van Loo

    Carle or Charles-André van Loo (1705-1765) was a French painter, son of... 

  • Jacob van Loo

    Jacob van Loo (1614-1670) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age,... 

  • Jean-Baptiste van Loo

    Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684-1745) was a French portrait painter. He was born... 

  • Louis-Michel van Loo

    Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) was a French painter.He was born on 2nd... 

  • Claude

    Claude Lorrain, born Claude Gellée (c.1600-1682), in around 1600 in the small... 

  • Lorenzo Lotto

    Lorenzo Lotto (c.1480-1556/57) was an Italian painter recognised for his distinctive contributions... 

  • Jane Loudon

    Jane Loudon (1800-1858) was a notable figure in the world of horticulture... 

  • John Dalbiac Luard

    John Dalbiac Luard (1830-1860) was a British artist who was born into... 

  • Maximilien Luce

    Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) was a French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings,... 

  • J.W. Ludlow

    Joseph Williamson Ludlow (1840-1916) was a renowned British artist, illustrator, and lithographer,... 

  • William Luker Jr

    William Luker Jr. (1867-1951), was a British painter, the eldest of six children.... 

  • Bertha Lum

    Bertha Boynton Lum (1869-1954) was an American artist known for helping popularise... 

  • Alexandre Lunois

    Alexandre Lunois (1863-1916) was a French artist who reinvented the lithography technique... 

  • Alexander Lydon

    Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) was an English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver,... 

  • Angusine Macgregor

    Angusine Jeanne Macgregor (1879-1961) was a Scottish artist.  Her father, Angus Macgregor,... 

  • William York MacGregor

    William York MacGregor (1855-1923) was a Scottish landscape painter and a leading... 

  • Lizzie Mack

    Elizabeth Ann Lawson (1858-1958) was born on 5th September 1858 in Dunfermline,... 

  • August Macke

    August Robert Ludwig Macke (1887-1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was... 

  • Finlay Mackinnon

    Finlay MacKinnon (1863-1931), also known as "The Poolewe Artist" was a late... 

  • Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Wassail

    Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist.... 

  • Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

    Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933) was a pioneering British artist and designer whose... 

  • Daniel Maclise

    Daniel Maclise RA (1806-1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait... 

  • Frances Macdonald MacNair

    Frances MacDonald MacNair (1873-1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was... 

  • James Herbert MacNair

    James Herbert MacNair (1868-1955), also McNair, was a Scottish artist, designer and... 

  • Bessie MacNicol

    Elizabeth MacNicol (1869-1904) was a Scottish painter and member of the Glasgow... 

  • William McTaggart

    William MacTaggart (1835-1910) stands as one of Scotland’s most revered landscape and... 

  • John MacWhirter

    John MacWhirter RA (1839-1911) was a Scottish landscape painter. John was the... 

  • Jacob Maentel

    Jacob Maentel (1763-1863) was a German-American artist whose distinctive legacy offers a... 

  • Nicolaes Maes

    Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693) was an influential figure in Dutch Golden Age painting,... 

  • Aristide Maillol

    Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) was one of France’s most renowned sculptors, whose artistic... 

  • Kazimir Malevich

    Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist,... 

  • Robert Mallet-Stevens

    Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) stands as one of the most influential figures in... 

  • Édouard Manet

    Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a pioneering French painter who played a crucial... 

  • Henri Manguin

    Henri Charles Manguin (1874-1949) was a French painter, associated with the Fauves.... 

  • Alexander Mann

    Alexander Mann (1853-1908) was a Scottish landscape and genre painter. He was... 

  • Harrington Mann

    Harrington Mann (1864-1937) was a Scottish portrait artist and decorative painter. He... 

  • Manson, James Bolivar

    James Bolivar Manson (1879-1945), often known as J.B. Manson, was a British... 

  • Andrea Mantegna

    Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506) holds a distinguished place among the most influential Italian... 

  • Carlo Maratta

    Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) stands as one of the preeminent painters of the... 

  • Franz Marc Blue Horse image

    Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (1880-1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one... 

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