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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  • Arthur Rackham

    Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was an influential English illustrator known for his distinctive style... 

  • Henry Raeburn

    Sir Henry Raeburn RA RSA FRSE (1756-1823) was a Scottish portrait painter.... 

  • Jean-François Raffaëlli

    Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) was a French realist painter, sculptor, and printmaker who... 

  • Charles Raleigh

    Charles Sidney Raleigh (1831-1925) was a British maritime painter who started his... 

  • Allan Ramsay

    Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) was a Scottish painter who specialised in portrait painting.... 

  • Herbert A. Rankin

    Herbert Alfred Rankin (1864-1926) was born in Braintree, Essex, UK, in 1864... 

  • Paul Ranson

    Paul-Élie Ranson (1861-1909) was a French painter and writer associated with Les... 

  • Jean Raoux

    Jean Raoux (1677-1734) was a French painter born in Montpellier. After the... 

  • Raphael

    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520), generally known in English as Raphael, was... 

  • James Raphael Jones

    James Raphael Jones (1860-1938) was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, to William... 

  • Eric Ravilious

    Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) stands as one of Britain’s most distinctive twentieth-century artists,... 

  • Katherine Read

    Catherine Read (or Katherine, 1723-1778) was a Scottish artist. Born in the... 

  • Odilon Redon

    Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was a visionary French artist whose work is often... 

  • Pierre-Joseph Redoute

    Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist from the Austrian Netherlands,... 

  • Ethel Reed

    Ethel Reed (1874-1912) was an American graphic artist. In the 1890s, her... 

  • E. Dorothy Rees

    Edith Dorothy Rees (1891-1967) was born in the Stamford Hill area of... 

  • Dario de Regoyos

    Dario de Regoyos (1857-1913) was originally from Asturias, Spain, but moved to... 

  • Fritz Rehm

    Fritz Rehm (1871-1928) is a German illustrator of the fin de siècle... 

  • Robert Reid

    Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1929) was an American Impressionist painter and muralist. His... 

  • Stephen Reid

    Stephen Reid (1873-1948) was a Scottish illustrator and painter who specialised in... 

  • Alvaro Guevara

    Álvaro Guevara Reimers (1894-1951) was a Chilean-born painter, based in London and... 

  • Philip Reinagle

    Philip Reinagle RA (1749-1833) was an English painter of animals, landscapes and... 

  • John Constable by Ramsay Reinagle

    Ramsay Richard Reinagle RA (1775-1862) was an English portrait, landscape, and animal... 

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher, whose... 

  • Frederic Remington

    Frederic Remington (1861-1900) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer, renowned... 

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir

    Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), a central figure of the Impressionist movement, was born... 

  • Ilya Repin

    Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930) stands as one of the most influential Russian... 

  • Joshua Reynolds

    Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits.... 

  • Louis Rhead

    Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and... 

  • Albert Richards

    Albert Richards (1919-1945) was a British war artist. Born in 1919 to... 

  • Agnes Richardson

    Agnes K. Richardson (1885-1951) was born in Wimbledon, London, and studied at Lambeth... 

  • Frederick Richardson

    Frederick Richardson (1862-1937) was an American illustrator of the late nineteenth and... 

  • George Richmond

    George Richmond (1809-1896) was a distinguished English portrait painter whose career spanned... 

  • Thomas Richmond

    Thomas Richmond (1802-1874) was a British portrait painter, known for his idealised... 

  • Richmond, William Blake

    William Blake Richmond (1842–1921) was a distinguished British painter, sculptor, and decorative... 

  • Henry Constantine Richter

    Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902) was an English zoological illustrator who produced a... 

  • Herbert Davis Richter

    Herbert Davis Richter (1874-1955) was born in Brighton on 10th May 1874.... 

  • Hyacinthe Rigaud

    Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) stands as one of the most distinguished portrait painters... 

  • Laurits Andersen Ring

    Laurits Andersen Ring (1854-1933) was a prominent Danish painter and one of... 

  • Jozsef Rippl-Ronai

    József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927) stands as one of Hungary’s most influential and innovative... 

  • Briton Rivière

    Briton Rivière RA (1840-1920) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He... 

  • Titanic

    The RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner, remains one of the most... 

  • Manuel Robbe

    Emmanuel Robbe (1872-1936) was a French painter and printmaker, best remembered as... 

  • Robert Borlase Smart

    Robert Borlase Smart, known as Borlase Smart (1881-1947) in St Ives, Cornwall) worked... 

  • Hubert Robert

    Hubert Robert (1733-1808) was a distinguished French painter, draughtsman, and designer, celebrated... 

  • David Roberts

    David Roberts RA RBA (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially... 

  • Tom Roberts

    Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key... 

  • Eric Robertson

    Eric Harald Macbeth Robertson (1887-1941) was one of the most gifted students... 

  • Albert Robida

    Albert Robida (1848-1926) was a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist.... 

  • Thomas Sewell Robins

    Thomas Sewell Robins (1810-1880) was a British painter of maritime subjects. Born... 

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