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

Sarah Carter Stearns

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

The Harvest (mural study, Abbeville, Louisiana Post Office)

Louis Raynaud, born New Orleans, LA 1905

Portrait of a Seated Woman

Unidentified

Mrs. Alexander Rose (Margaret Smith)

Pierre Henri, born Paris, France ca. 1760-died NY 1822

Edward Appleton

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

Soldado desconocido

Unidentified (Puerto Rican)

Elizabeth Knapp

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

Richard H. Kern

Edward Meyer Kern, born Philadelphia, PA 1823-died Philadelphia, PA 1863

Haddock

Emil Carlsen, born Copenhagen, Denmark 1853-died New York City 1932

Portrait of a Young Girl

Unidentified

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

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

Waiting for the Doctor

Robert Lee MacCameron, born Chicago, IL 1866-died New York City 1912

Valley of Cuernavaca

Thomas Moran, born Bolton, England 1837-died Santa Barbara, CA 1926

Riding out a Gale

Edward Moran, born Bolton, England 1829-died New York City 1901

Natalie at Ten

Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, French, born Lille, France 1838-died Paris, France 1917

William Boswell Lamb

Unidentified

Miss Lettie Stanley

Unidentified

Untitled (landscape, fields with rocks and trees)

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

Standing and Reclining Nymphs

Louis M. Eilshemius, born Arlington, NJ 1864-died New York City 1941

John Vaughan (or Uriah)

Christopher Greiner, active 1837; died 1864

Caballero de la familia Goyena (Gentleman of the Goyena Family)

Joaquin Jose Goyena y O'Daly, born 1813-died 1843

Indian Man with Quiver

Alexander Davis Cooper, English, active 1837-1888

Miss Kirkpatrick

George Romney, English, born Dalton-le-Furness, England 1734-died Kendal, England 1802

Portrait of Rosalba Peale

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

Rosina Cox Boardman

Alice Beckington, born St. Charles, MO 1868-died La Jolla, CA 1942

Shón-ka, The Dog, Chief of the Bad Arrow Points Band

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

Undine

Henry Peters Gray, born New York City 1819-died New York City 1877

Captain Noah Rich

Unidentified

Dedham Vale--Summer Morning

Unidentified (British)

Forest and Native House

Raden Saleh, Javanese, born Semarang, Java ca. 1814-died Buitenzorg, Java 1880

After the Bath

Charles Walter Stetson, born Tiverton, RI 1858-died Rome, Italy 1911

Joseph Ball

Christian Gullager, born Copenhagen, Denmark 1759-died Philadelphia, PA 1826

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlett Gregory)

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

Capt. John Gassoway

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

Berniah Willet

John Mix Stanley, born Canandaigua, NY 1814-died Detroit, MI 1872

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, born Solingen, Germany 1830-died New York City 1902

Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy

Joshua Johnson, born Baltimore County, MD ca.1763-died Anne Arundel County, MD ca. 1825

Untitled (house in woods near lake)

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

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alvan Clark, born Ashfield, MA 1804-died Cambridge, MA 1887

The Storm

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

Triangular Mountainscape with Tunnel

Dana Smith, n.d.

Member of the Yates Family

Unidentified

At the Window

William Rimmer, born Liverpool, England 1816-died South Milford, MA 1879

Girl with Cards

Lucius Kutchin, born Columbus, OH 1901-died Columbus, OH 1936

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Alvan Fisher, born Needham, MA 1792-died Dedham, MA 1863

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, born Hudson, NY 1806-died Bronxville, NY 1863

Portraits of a Grizzly Bear and Mouse, Life Size

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

Kaaterskill Clove, January 1865

James D. Smillie, born New York City 1833-died New York City 1909

Colonel John Cox

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

Landscape with Family by Lake

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

After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

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

Mrs. Richard Yates

Unidentified

Member of the Washington Family

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

Sarah Leaning on a Bannister

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

Peacock in the Woods, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921

Andrew B. White

Stanley Middleton, born Brooklyn, NY 1852-died New York City 1942

Martha Washington

John Cheney, born South Manchester, CT 1801-died South Manchester, CT 1885

The Emigrant's Letter

Howard Helmick, born Zanesvile, OH 1845-died Washington, DC 1907

The Lost Balloon

William Holbrook Beard, born Painesville, OH 1824-died New York City 1900

Mary Thayer Holden

Thomas Young, born 1765-died 1821