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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  • William Collins

    William Collins (1788-1847) was a renowned British landscape and genre painter whose... 

  • William Wiehe Collins

    William Wiehe Collins (1862-1951) was an English architectural and landscape genre painter.... 

  • James Collinson

    James Collinson (1825-1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of... 

  • Edward Colonna

    Edward Colonna (1862-1948) was a German-born designer of furniture, metalwork, ceramics and... 

  • Charles-Fernand de Condamy

    Charles-Fernand de Condamy (1855-1913) was a French animal painter. De Condamy, who... 

  • Charles Conder

    Charles Conder (1868-1909) was an influential Anglo-Australian artist renowned for his significant... 

  • John Constable by Ramsay Renaigle

    John Constable (1776-1837) was a British landscape painter who has left an... 

  • Edward Cooke

    Edward William Cooke RA FRS FZS FSA FGS (1811-1880) was an English... 

  • John Bourne Cook

    John Cooke Bourne (1814-1896), born in London, occupies a distinctive place in... 

  • Alfred Heaton Cooper

    Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863-1929) was an English watercolour artist. He is known... 

  • Colin Campbell Cooper

    Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1936) was a prominent American Impressionist painter renowned for... 

  • Thomas Sidney Cooper

    Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) was a renowned British painter best known for... 

  • William Sidney Cooper

    William Sidney Cooper (1854-1927) was a British landscape artist, best known for... 

  • Adriaen Coorte

    Adriaen Coorte (c.1665-1707) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes,... 

  • John Singleton Copley

    John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) stands as one of the most influential figures... 

  • Harold Copping

    Harold Copping (1863-1932) was a British artist best known as an illustrator... 

  • Vittorio Matteo Corcos

    Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859-1933) was an Italian painter, known for his portraits.... 

  • Frederic Samuel Cordey

    Frédéric Samuel Cordey (1854-1911) was a French landscape painter who was a... 

  • Lovis Corinth

    Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work... 

  • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

    Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) is renowned as one of the foremost figures in... 

  • Alvim Corrêa

    Henrique Alvim Corrêa (1876-1910), known professionally as Alvim Correa, was a Brazilian... 

  • Correggio

    Antonio Allegri da Correggio, known simply as Correggio (1489-1534), was an Italian... 

  • Piero di Cosimo

    Piero di Cosimo (1461-1521) was a notable painter of the Italian Renaissance,... 

  • Lorenzo Costa

    Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535) was an Italian painter. He was born in Ferrara,... 

  • Maria Cosway

    Maria Cosway (1760-1838) was a remarkable Anglo-Italian artist, musician, and intellectual who... 

  • John Sell Cotman

    John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher,... 

  • Gustave Courbet

    Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the... 

  • Eanger Irving Couse

    Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) was an American painter renowned for his evocative... 

  • Thomas Couture

    Thomas Couture (1815-1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught... 

  • Hendrick Couturier

    Hendrick Couturier (1620-1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to The... 

  • Charles A. Cox, ladies on a tandem bike

    Charles Arthur Cox (1829-1901) was a businessman, an artist and art teacher.... 

  • David Cox

    David Cox (1783-1859) stands as one of the most significant figures in... 

  • Alexander Cozens

    Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) stands as a significant figure in the evolution of... 

  • John Robert Cozens

    John Robert Cozens (1752-1797) was a British draftsman and painter of romantic... 

  • Lucas Cranach the Elder

    Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was a distinguished German Renaissance artist, whose... 

  • Walter Crane

    Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an influential English artist and illustrator, renowned for... 

  • Joseph Crawhall

    Joseph Crawhall (1861-1913) was an English artist born in Morpeth, Northumberland. Crawhall... 

  • Giuseppe Crespi

    Giuseppe Crespi, known as “Lo Spagnuolo” (The Spaniard) (1665-1747), was an Italian... 

  • Joshua Cristall

    Joshua Cristall (1768-1847) was a significant English watercolour painter, known for his... 

  • Carlo Crivelli

    Carlo Crivelli (c.1430-c.1495) was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his distinctive,... 

  • John Crome

    John Crome (1768-1821), once known as Old Crome to distinguish him from... 

  • James Shaw Crompton

    James Shaw Crompton (1853-1916) was a British painter and illustrator known for... 

  • Gordon Crosby

    Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885-1943), known as Gordon Crosby, was an English automotive... 

  • Henri-Edmond Cross

    Henri-Edmond Cross (1856-1910) was a prominent French painter and printmaker, celebrated for... 

  • William Edward Croxford

    William Edward Croxford (1852-1926) was an artist born in Brentwood, Essex. He... 

  • George Cruikshank

    George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a distinguished British artist, caricaturist, and illustrator whose... 

  • Conradijn Cunaeus

    Conradijn Cunaeus (1828-1895) was a Dutch animalier painter and lithographer. Cunaeus was... 

  • Cyrus Cuneo

    Cyrus Cincinato Cuneo ROI (1879-1916), known as Ciro, was an American-born English... 

  • James Jackson Curnock

    James Jackson Curnock (1839-1891) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic... 

  • Currier & Ives

    Currier and Ives was a renowned American printmaking firm that operated during... 

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