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)