Public domain art in black
Artworks whose dominant colour is black, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.
Works in Public domain art in black

Checker Players
Thomas Anshutz, born Newport, KY 1851-died Fort Washington, PA 1912

Mrs. Albert J. Myer (Catherine Walden)
George Peter Alexander Healy, born Boston, MA 1813-died Chicago, IL 1894

Dr. Charles Doolittle Walcott
Ossip Perelma, born Shabelsk, Russia 1876-died ?

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Henry Ulke, born Frankenstein, Germany 1821-died Washington, DC 1910

Lord Rothes
Unidentified (British)

Gaetano Trentanova
Filippo Costaggini, born Rome, Italy 1839-died Upper Falls, MD 1904

In the Gardens of the Villa Palmieri
Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty
Cecilia Beaux, born Philadelphia, PA 1855-died Gloucester, MA 1942

Small Landscape
Unidentified (British)

Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
George Peter Alexander Healy, born Boston, MA 1813-died Chicago, IL 1894

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl
Erastus Salisbury Field, born Leverett, MA 1805-died Plumtrees, MA 1900

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)
Clara Taggart MacChesney, born Brownsville, CA 1860-died London, England 1928

Peter Bounetheau
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877

Portrait of a Boy
Unidentified (Italian)

Matthias and Thomas Bordley
Charles Willson Peale, born Queen Anne's County, MD 1741-died Philadelphia, PA 1827

The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)
Thomas Cole, born Bolton-le-Moors, England 1801-died Catskill, NY 1848

George Washington
Edward Dalton Marchant, born Edgartown, MA 1806-died Asbury Park, NJ 1887

Co-sne-boin
Charles Bird King, born Newport, RI 1785-died Washington, DC 1862

Conibo Indian
Unidentified (South American?)

Melons and Morning Glories
Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825

William Wilson
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Mr. Nichol
John Wesley Jarvis, born South Shields, England 1780-died New York City 1840

Her Leisure Hour
Irving R. Wiles, born Utica, NY 1861-died Peconic, NY 1948

Portrait of a Gentleman from a Connecticut Family
Unidentified

Mrs. Thomas Wilson
Charles Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland 1759-died Dublin, Ireland 1821

Woman in a Red Dress
Anna Claypoole Peale, born Philadelphia, PA 1791-died Philadelphia, PA 1878

We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian)
Lilly Martin Spencer, born Exeter, England 1822-died New York City 1902

Titica Indians (Aymara)
Unidentified (South American?)

Mr. Drury
Thomas E. Barratt, born England ca. 1814-died United States after 1854

Mourning Miniature for E. W.
Unidentified

Portrait of a Lady
Unidentified

Mary
Henry Ossawa Tanner, born Pittsburgh, PA 1859-died Paris, France 1937

Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials H. D. C.
Unidentified

Portrait of a Gentleman
James M. Pearce, n.d.

Head of an Old Man
Frank Duveneck, born Covington, KY 1848-died Cincinnati, OH 1919

Portrait of a Boy
Charles T. Webber, born Cayuga Lake, NY 1825-died Cincinnati, OH 1911

Windmill
Unidentified (British)

Martha Scolding Her Vain Sister Mary Magdalene
Unidentified (French)

Henry Smith
Thomas E. Barratt, born England ca. 1814-died United States after 1854

Portrait of Elliot Coues
J. Edward Barclay, born London, England 1846-died Edinburgh, Scotland 1903

Chunka-ah-luta (Red Dog)
Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1813 Bulgaria-died Washington, DC 1899

Charles Frederick Vogel
Unidentified

Mrs. Emily Dorothy Ammann, the Artist's Niece
Herman Hartwich, born New York City 1853-died Munich, Germany 1926

Portrait of a Woman
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

Portrait of a Gentleman
Unidentified (French)

Sarah Rand Carter
Sarah C. Frothingham, born 1821-died New York City 1861

Lorenzo Indian
Unidentified (South American?)

Dutch Tavern Scene
Johann Mongles Culverhouse, Dutch, born Rotterdam, Netherlands 1820-died New York City ca. 1891

Steel Mill
Joseph Stella, born Muro Lucano, Italy 1877-died New York City 1946

John B. Pendleton
Rembrandt Peale, born PA 1778-died Philadelphia, PA 1860

Portrait of a Gentleman
Peregrine F. Cooper, active 1840-1890

Portrait of a Lady
Unidentified

In the Stable
Albert Pinkham Ryder, born New Bedford, MA 1847-died New York City 1917

Eye of a Lady
Unidentified (European)

Catherine Douglas Dickson
Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825

Spotted Tail
Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1813 Bulgaria-died Washington, DC 1899

Book of Pictures
Kenyon Cox, born Warren, OH 1856-died New York City 1919

Joshua Tevis
Jacob Eichholtz, born Lancaster, PA 1776-died Lancaster, PA 1842

Caballero desconocido con bigote
Unidentified (Puerto Rican)