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

Captain Joseph Anthony

Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02

Albert Clifford Barney

Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein, Swiss, born Zurich, Switzerland 1859-died 1938

Anita Ready for a Ride

Alice Pike Barney, born Cincinnati, OH 1857-died Los Angeles, CA 1931

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Freeman, born Spring Hill, CT 1789-died Hartford, CT 1868

Mrs. Fenno Knight (née du Clois)

Unidentified (French)

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified (British)

Modigliani Gate Post

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

Scotch Highlands

Robert S. Duncanson, born Fayette, NY 1821-died Detroit, MI 1872

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, born Leverett, MA 1805-died Plumtrees, MA 1900

The Sermon

Gari Melchers, born Detroit MI 1860-died Falmouth, VA 1932

William Shippen

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Dr. William Henry Holmes

Nicholas R. Brewer, born High Forest, MN 1857-died St. Paul, MN 1949

Portrait of a Gentleman

Walter Robertson, Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02

Singleton van Buren as a Child

John Carlin, born Philadelphia, PA 1813-died New York City 1891

Dama con vestido blanco

Unidentified (Puerto Rican)

Petelesharro (Generous Chief)

Unidentified

Elsie Clough Street

Gerald Sinclair Hayward, born Port Hope, Ontario, Canada 1845-died New York City 1926

Aloes

Josephine Joy, born North River Mills, WV 1869-died Peoria, IL 1948

The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane

John Quidor, born Tappan, NY 1801-died Jersey City, NJ 1881

Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

Rembrandt Peale, born PA 1778-died Philadelphia, PA 1860

Ebenezer Williams

Unidentified

Fishermen at Sea

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

Marguerite in Prison

Johann Grund, Austrian, born Vienna, Austria 1808-died Baden-Baden, Germany 1887

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

Thomas Chambers, born Whitby, England 1808-died Whitby, England 1869, active USA 1832-1865

Helen Brought to Paris

Benjamin West, born Springfield, PA 1738-died London, England 1820

Eye Miniature on an Elliptical Ivory Box

Unidentified

Commodore Isaac Chauncey

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

The Dodo and Given

Henrik Gronvold, British, born 1858-died 1940

Cú-sick, Son of the Chief

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

Howes Goldsborough

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Girl in a Pink Dress

Unidentified

Syrinx, Par Maziere, 1689; Bassin d'Apollon

Carroll Beckwith, born Hannibal, MO 1852-died New York City 1917

Eye of a Lady

Unidentified (European)

Major-General Anthony Wayne

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Catskill Creek

Jasper Francis Cropsey, born Rossville, NY 1823-died Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 1900

Disputed Game

Thomas Hewes Hinckley, born Milton, MA 1813-died Milton, MA 1896

Zachariah F. Johnston

Unidentified

Girls and Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1830-died Philadelphia, PA 1896

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, born Philadelphia, PA 1743-died Philadelphia, PA 1812

Christ Appearing to Mary

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

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified

Charles Boynton Darling

Unidentified

Shakespeare Reading

William Page, born Albany, NY 1811-died Staten Island, NY 1885

Untitled (cows descending hillside)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901

Portrait of a Gentleman

Jean B. Sel, born Dominican Republic ca. 1780-died New Orleans, LA 1832

David McClellan

Benjamin Trott, born Boston, MA ca. 1770-died Washington, DC 1843

Táh-téck-a-da-háir, Steep Wind, a Brave of the Bad Arrow Points Band

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

George Cochran Lambdin

James Reid Lambdin, born Pittsburgh, PA 1807-died KY 1889

John Cleves Short

Benjamin Trott, born Boston, MA ca. 1770-died Washington, DC 1843

Mrs. John Watson (Matilda)

Sarah Goodridge, born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853

Thomas Williams, of Annapolis

Robert Field, born Gloucestershire, England ca. 1769-died Kingston, Jamaica 1819

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

Everhart Kuhn, n.d.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831

Georgianna Frances Adams

Asher B. Durand, born Jefferson Village, NJ 1796-died Maplewood, NJ 1886

Theresa Diana Levesque

Ambrose Duval, born ca. 1778-died 1860

Study for "Evening"

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

Hard Hickory, an Amiable Man

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

Dr. Ancus Marcius Hoffar

Unidentified

Anne Hume Shippen

Benjamin Trott, born Boston, MA ca. 1770-died Washington, DC 1843

The Lovers' Boat

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