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

One of the Adams Children

Unidentified

George B. Kerr

Unidentified

Cunivo Indian

Unidentified (South American?)

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, born New York City 1845-died 1890

Mrs. Richard Brown

John Hesselius, born Philadelphia, PA 1728-died Annapolis, MD 1778

Hermia and Helena

Washington Allston, born Georgetown, SC 1779-died Cambridgeport, MA 1843

Brother and Sister (Mary and Gerald Thayer)

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

Self-Portrait

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

Adoration of the Kings

Unidentified (Flemish)

Child in Rocker

H. Lyman Saÿen, born Philadelphia, PA 1875-died Philadelphia, PA 1918

Mrs. John Quincy Adams

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

Connecticut Woods

Henry Ward Ranger, born Syracuse, NY 1858-died New York City 1916

The Valley Farm

Unidentified (British)

General Jose Antonio Paez

Juan Jorge Peoli, born New York City 1825-died Sagua la Grande, Cuba 1893

Mount Healthy, Ohio

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

Robert Hooper

John Singleton Copley, born Boston, MA 1738-died 1815 London, England

Alma

Thomas Wilmer Dewing, born Boston, MA 1851-died New York City 1938

Henry B. Bounetheau's Aunt

Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807

Captain John H. Seward

Unidentified

Portrait of a Bearded Man

Unidentified (European)

William C. Preston

George Peter Alexander Healy, born Boston, MA 1813-died Chicago, IL 1894

James Buchanan

John Henry Brown, born Lancaster, PA 1818-died Philadelphia, PA 1891

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841

Portrait of the Artist, Age 23

William Edgar Marshall, born New York City 1837-died New York City 1906

One Day in June

William Thomas Smedley, born Westchester, PA 1858-died Bronxville, NY 1920

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unidentified

Still Life

Marsden Hartley, born Lewiston, ME 1877-died Ellsworth, ME 1943

Osage Scalp Dance

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

Marguerite Repiton (Mrs. Joseph)

Francis Rabineau, active 1791-1808

Anishira Mother

Unidentified (South American?)

Flock of Geese

Elizabeth Nourse, born Mount Healthy, OH 1859-died Paris, France 1938

Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy

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

George Fisher

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

Désirs

William Sergeant Kendall, born Spuyten Duyvil, NY 1869-died Hot Springs, VA 1938

Ni-có-man, The Answer, Second Chief

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

George Partridge Richardson

Unidentified

Virgin and Child with Apple

Unidentified (Flemish)

Dr. William H. Holmes

Edmund Hodgson Smart, born Alnwick, England 1873-died Beverly Hills, CA 1942

Scenes of New York--Lower East Side (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, born Weimar, TX 1901-died Confluence, PA 1949

Miss Anne Mills Archbold

Frederick MacMonnies, born New York City 1863-died New York City 1937

Indians in Council, California

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

Sunday Morning

Thomas Waterman Wood, born Montpelier, VT 1823-died New York City 1903

Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman

George Peter Alexander Healy, born Boston, MA 1813-died Chicago, IL 1894

Mr. Goodin

James P. Smith, ca. 1803-died Philadelphia, PA 1888

Decoration

Florence Standish Whiting, born Philadelphia, PA 1888-died Philadelphia, PA 1947

Dr. William Beekman

Alexander Robertson, born Aberdeen, Scotland-died New York City 1841

Officer with Peasant

Emil Rau, German, born Dresden, Germany 1858-died Munich, Germany ca. 1937

The Conversion of Saul

Simeon Griswold, n.d.

Festive Scene

Jan Miense Molenaer, Dutch, born Haarlem, Netherlands ca. 1610-died Haarlem, Netherlands 1668

Eliza Hooper

Unidentified

Girl Arranging Her Hair

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

Winter Skating in New Jersey

Régis François Gignoux, French, born Lyon, France 1816-died Paris, France 1882; active USA ca. 1840-1870

Portrait of John Woodruff Sims

Unidentified

T. Stanford

Ebenezer Mack, born 1765-died 1833

Polly Ouldfield of Winyah

Jeremiah Theus, born Chur, Switzerland 1716-died Charleston, SC 1774

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, born Cincinnati, OH 1865-died New York City 1929

Miranda (from "The Tempest")

George Henry Hall, born Boston, MA 1825-died New York City 1913

Ninos de la familia Canals

Unidentified (Puerto Rican)

Aymara Woman

Unidentified (South American?)

Rubens Peale

Anna Claypoole Peale, born Philadelphia, PA 1791-died Philadelphia, PA 1878