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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  • Yoshio Markino

    Yoshio Markino (1869-1956) was a Japanese artist and writer whose life and... 

  • Henry Stacy Marks

    Henry Stacy Marks RA (1829-1898) was a British artist who took a... 

  • Albert Marquet

    Albert Marquet (1875-1947) was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement,... 

  • Marsh, Reginald

    Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) was a prominent American painter and printmaker, renowned for... 

  • Benjamin Marshall

    Benjamin Marshall (1768-1835) was an English sporting and animal painter. He was... 

  • Herbert Marshall

    Herbert Menzies Marshall (1841-1913) was an English watercolour painter and illustrator, and... 

  • Thomas Falcon Marshall

    Thomas Falcon Marshall (1818-1878) was an English artist, known as a painter... 

  • Charles Martin Art Deco fashion illustration

    Charles Martin (1884-1934) was a French artist and illustrator whose Art Deco... 

  • Alice Martineau aka Eva Hollyer

    Alice Martineau, aka Eva or Evangeline Hollyer (1865-1943), was born in Walworth,... 

  • Masaccio

    Masaccio (1401-1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone in San Giovanni... 

  • Quentin Massys

    Quentin Massys (1465-1530), Matsys or Metsys, was the leading painter in Antwerp... 

  • Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece

    The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece is the nickname given to... 

  • Matisse, Auguste

    Auguste Matisse (1866-1931) was a French painter born on 22 May 1866.... 

  • Henri Matisse

    Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor and printmaker whose... 

  • Wiliam Matthison

    William Matthison (1853-1926) was a watercolourist, many of whose pictures were made... 

  • Edgar Maxence

    Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter. He was taught by... 

  • Donald Maxwell

    Donald Maxwell (1877-1936) was an English writer and illustrator, still notable for... 

  • H. Thomas Maybank

    Thomas Maybank (1869-1929) was born Hector Thomas Maybank Webb in Beckenham, Kent,... 

  • Sebastiano Mazzolino

    Sebastiano Mazzolino was a 19th-century Italian painter known for allegorical works, most... 

  • Arthur David McCormick

    Arthur David McCormick FRGS (1860-1943) was a British illustrator and painter of... 

  • Samuel Barret McCormick

    Samuel Barret McCormick (1890-1965) was an American writer, actor, and artist, widely... 

  • William McDowell

    William McDowell (1888-1950) was a painter, draughtsman and commercial artist, born in... 

  • Ambrose McEvoy

    Arthur Ambrose McEvoy ARA (1877-1927) was an English artist. His early works... 

  • Mary McEvoy

    Mary Augusta McEvoy née Spencer Edwards (1870-1941) was a British artist known... 

  • Thomas McIlvaine

    Thomas McIlvaine (1854-1933) was an American illustrator.  He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... 

  • Blanche McManus

     Blanche McManus (1869-1935) was an American writer and artist. She and her... 

  • Helen McNicoll

    Helen McNicoll (1879-1915) was a pioneering Canadian Impressionist painter, whose contributions to... 

  • László Mednyánszky

    László Mednyánszky (1852-1919), born Ladislaus Balthasar Mednyánszky, was a distinguished Hungarian painter... 

  • Margaret Meen

    Margaret Meen (1751-1834) was an English watercolour painter. Known for botanical illustrations... 

  • Arthur Melville

    Arthur Melville (1855-1904) was a Scottish painter of Orientalist subjects, among others.... 

  • Hans Memling

    Hans Memling (c.1430-1494) stands as one of the most illustrious painters of... 

  • Giusto de' Menabuoi

    Giusto de' Menabuoi (c.1320-1391) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance.... 

  • Bernard Meninsky

    Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950) was a notable British artist, draughtsman, and teacher whose... 

  • Mortimer Menpes

    Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855-1938) was an Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator... 

  • Adolph von Menzel

    Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905) was a German Realist artist noted... 

  • Maria Sybilla Merian

    Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) was a pioneering figure in the fields of... 

  • Anna Lea Merritt

    Anna Lea Merritt (1844-1930) was an accomplished American-born artist who spent much... 

  • Antonello da Messina

    Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) stands as one of the most significant and... 

  • Willard Metcalf

    Willard Metcalf (1859-1925), an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts, stands as... 

  • Sidney Meteyard

    Sidney Harold Meteyard RBSA (1868-1947) was an English art teacher, painter and... 

  • Leopoldo Metlicovitz

    Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1868-1944) was an Italian painter, illustrator and poster designer. Together... 

  • Gabriel Metsu

    Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) was a prominent Dutch painter of the Golden Age,... 

  • Metzinger, Jean

    Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) was a prominent French painter, theorist, and writer, recognised... 

  • Michelangelo

    Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), born in Caprese, Italy, remains one of the most... 

  • Frans van Mieris

    Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) was a celebrated Dutch painter of... 

  • John Guille Millais

    John Guille Millais (1865-1931) was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel... 

  • Sir John Everett Millais

    Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896) was an English painter and illustrator who... 

  • Harold Millar

    Harold Robert Millar (1869-1942) was a prominent and prolific Scottish graphic artist... 

  • Alfred Miller

    Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) was an American artist best known for his... 

  • Richard Miller

    Richard Edward Miller (1875-1943) was a distinguished American painter whose work is... 

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