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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  • C.R.W. Nevinson

    Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946) stands as one of the most distinctive... 

  • Charles F. Newall

    Charles Francis Newall (1864-1917) was born in Huyton, Merseyside, UK to John... 

  • Peter Newell

    Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (1862-1924) was an American artist and writer. He... 

  • Richard Newton

    Richard Newton (1777-1798) was an English caricaturist, miniaturist and book illustrator. Born... 

  • George F. Nicholls painting of a country cottage and garden

    George Frederick Nicholls (1857-1939) was a watercolour artist and book illustrator who... 

  • Mabel Pryde Nicholson

    Mabel Scott Lauder Pryde Nicholson (1871-1918) was a Scottish artist, the wife... 

  • William Nicholson

    Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (1872-1949) was a British painter of still-life,... 

  • Erskine Nicol

    Erskine Nicol RSA ARA (1825-1904) was a Scottish figure and genre painter.... 

  • Giuseppe de Nittis

    Giuseppe De Nittis (1846-1884) was one of the most important Italian painters... 

  • Richard Polydore Nodder

    Richard Polydore Nodder (1774-1820) was the second son of Frederick Polydore Nodder... 

  • Emil Nolde

    Emil Nolde (1867-1956) was a pioneering German-Danish painter and printmaker, renowned as... 

  • G. Parsons Norman - image from his book, Poppyland

    George Parson[s] Norman (1840-1914) was born in Newington, Surrey, England, eldest child... 

  • Philip E. Norman

    Philip E. Norman FSA (1842-1931) was a British artist, author and antiquary.... 

  • Bess Norriss

    Bess Norriss Tait (1879-1939) was born in Melbourne and studied under Frederick... 

  • John North

    John William North ARA RWS (1842-1924) was a British landscape painter, mainly... 

  • Marianne North

    Marianne North (1830-1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist,... 

  • Florence Nosworthy

    Florence Pearl England Nosworthy (1872-1936) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nosworthy studied... 

  • William Degouve de Nuncques

    William Degouve de Nuncques (1867-1935) was a Belgian painter who was associated... 

  • Joseph de La Nézière

    Joseph de La Nézière (1873-1944) was a French painter noted for painting... 

  • Henry Nelson O'Neil

    Henry Nelson O'Neil ARA (1817-1880) was a historical genre painter and minor... 

  • James Ogilvy

    James Spence Ogilvy (1863-1917) was a Scottish landscape painter who specialised in... 

  • Eugene Oge

    Eugène Ogé (1861-1936) was a French poster artist and illustrator. He began... 

  • Maria van Oosterwyck

    Maria van Oosterwyck (1630-1693) was a renowned Dutch still-life painter of the... 

  • Manuel Orazi

    Manuel Orazi (1860-1934), born Emmanuel Joseph Raphaël Orazi, was an Italian Art... 

  • William Quiller Orchardson

    Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA (1832-1910) was a Scottish portraitist and painter... 

  • José Clemente Orozco

    José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) stands as one of the most influential Mexican... 

  • William Orpen

    Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen (1878-1931) was an Irish artist who mainly... 

  • Monro Scott Orr

    Monro Scott Orr (1874-1955), also Munro, was an illustrator, painter and etcher,... 

  • Stewart Orr

    William Stewart Orr (1872-1944) was a Scottish watercolour artist and book illustrator.... 

  • Emily Osborn

    Emily Mary Osborn (1828-1925) was a significant British painter whose work and... 

  • Walter Osborne

    Walter Osborne (1859-1903) was a distinguished Irish painter whose works are celebrated... 

  • Adriaen van Ostade

    Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) was a renowned Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman,... 

  • Jean-Baptiste Oudry

    Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) was a prominent French painter, engraver, and tapestry designer,... 

  • Emily Overnell

    Emily A. Overnell (1870-1915) was born Emily Annabella Attwell in 1870 to... 

  • Samuel Owen

    Samuel Owen (1769?-1857) was an English marine painter and illustrator. Owen was... 

  • Paleologu, Jean de

    Jean de Paleologu (or Paleologue) (1855-1942) was a Romanian poster artist, painter,... 

  • Sutton Palmer

    Harold "Harry" Sutton Palmer (1854-1933) was an English watercolour landscape painter and... 

  • Samuel Palmer

    Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) was an English landscape painter, printmaker, and visionary artist... 

  • Bernhard Pankok

    Bernhard Wilhelm Maria Pankok (1872-1943) was a German painter, graphic artist, architect,... 

  • Stuart Park

    Stuart Park (1862-1933) was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire of Scottish parents, brought... 

  • Parmigianino

    Parmigianino (1503-1540), born Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola in Parma, Italy, is celebrated... 

  • William Pars

    William Pars ARA (1742-1782) was an English watercolour portrait and landscape painter,... 

  • Beatrice Parsons

    Beatrice Emma Parsons (1869-1955) was a British painter, best known for her... 

  • Jules Pascin

    Jules Pascin (1885-1930), born Julius Mordecai Pincas, also known as the "Prince... 

  • Leonid Pasternak

    Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (1862-1945) was a distinguished Russian painter and graphic artist,... 

  • Caroline Paterson

    Caroline Toulmin Paterson (1856-1911), also known as Mrs. Caroline Sharpe, was a... 

  • James Paterson

    James Paterson PRSW RSA RWS (1854-1932) was a Scottish landscape and portrait... 

  • Sir Joseph Paton

    Sir Joseph Noel Paton FRSA (1821-1901) was a Scottish artist, illustrator and... 

  • Frank Patterson

    Frank Patterson (1871-1952) was an English illustrator best remembered for his pen... 

  • William Paxton

    William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) was an influential American artist best known for... 

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