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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Henry Wallis (1830-1916) was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector. Wallis...
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James Ward (1769-1859) was an eminent British artist, acclaimed for his exceptional...
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Leslie Ward (1851-1922), also known as 'Spy', was a prominent British caricaturist...
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Arthur Wardle (1864-1949) was a British painter who was born in London....
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Henry Franks Waring (1875-1963) was born on 12th July 1875 in Milton...
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Edmund George Warren (1834-1909) was a British landscapist who worked in both...
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John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was an English painter known for his captivating...
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François Louis Joseph Watteau (1758-1823), known like his father as the Watteau...
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career...
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Josephine Wheeler Weage (1872-?) was born in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois in...
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Thomas Weaver (1774-1843) was a Shropshire artist who mainly painted portraits of...
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Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), an eminent figure in the American Impressionist movement,...
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Wojciech Weiss (1875-1950) was a prominent Polish painter and draughtsman of the...
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Joanna Mary Boyce Wells (1831-1861) was a British painter associated with the...
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Theodore Wendel (1859-1932) was born to German parents in Ohio, USA. He...
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Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1938) was an influential Russian-Swiss Expressionist painter whose life...
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Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and...
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Jean-Charles Werner (1798-1856) was a natural history artist and comparative anatomist for...
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Benjamin West (1738-1820) was an influential Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical...
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William Westall (1781-1850) was a British landscape artist and illustrator, best known...
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Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464), initially known as Roger de la Pasture,...
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Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955) was a painter and illustrator. Using a pastel palette,...
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American painter, printmaker, and influential...
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Henry Seppings White (1849-1937), a prominent illustrator for Vanity Fair during the...
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John White (c.1539-c.1593) was a notable English colonist, explorer, and artist whose...
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Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) was an English landscape artist and illustrator....
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Thomas Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910) was an influential American landscape painter whose works...
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Antoine Joseph Wiertz (1806-1865) was a Belgian Romantic painter, sculptor, and writer,...
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Samuel De Wilde (1751-1832), born and died in London, was a portrait...
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Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a renowned Scottish painter whose works significantly...
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Alexander Williams RHA (1846-1930) was an Irish landscape and marine painter. He...
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Charles Edward Wilson (1854-1941) was a British artist born in 1854 at...
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Oscar Wilson (1863-1930) was a hugely successful and popular English genre and...
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Richard Wilson RA (1714-1782) was a Welsh painter who specialised in landscape...
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Karl Ferdinand Wimar, also known as Charles Wimar and Carl Wimar (1828-1862),...
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