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

Décor Slav

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

Mrs. James Suydam (Charlotte Heyer)

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

Sarah Sommer Sims

Robert Street, born Germantown, PA 1796-died Philadelphia, PA 1865

Le Duc de Liancourt

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

Portrait of Wyatt Eaton

J. Alden Weir, born West Point, NY 1852-died New York City 1919

James Norris

Unidentified

William E. Dickson

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

Alexander Rose

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

Classical Landscape

John Ritto Penniman, born Milford, MA 1782-died Baltimore, MD 1841

Gentleman in a Black Coat

Unidentified

Nuestra Señora de Belén

José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809

Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot)

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

Matthew Maury

Peregrine F. Cooper, active 1840-1890

Missouri Courtroom

William Josiah Brickey, born Potosi, MO 1826-died New Orleans, LA 1853

Portrait of Fidelia Marshall

Charles Cromwell Ingham, born Dublin, Ireland 1796-died New York City 1863

Portrait of a Man

Unidentified (British)

Head of Christ

Unidentified (Italian)

The Lorelei

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

Magnolia

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

Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt

Charles Sprague Pearce, born Boston, MA 1851-died Paris, France 1914

Dr. Joseph Glover

Charles Fraser, born Charleston, SC 1782-died Charleston, SC 1860

Benajah Johnson

A. Patrick, n.d.

San Diego Mission

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

White Paradise

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

Le frère et la soeur, Penmarc'h

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

William Mather Smith

Archibald Robertson, born Moneymusk, Scotland-died New York City 1835

Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich

Ellen Emmet Rand, born San Francisco, CA 1876-died New York City 1941

Matilda Barrington

Unidentified

George Washington Rodgers

Unidentified

John Adams

Gilbert Stuart, born Saunderstown, Rhode Island Colony (now North Kingstown, RI) 1755-died Bosto

Old Man

Unidentified (Italian)

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

Edmund C. Tarbell, born West Groton, MA 1862-died New Castle, NH 1938

James Wilson

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, French, born Caen, France 1755-died Caen, France 1840

Dr. Cook

Washington Blanchard, born Cambridge, MA 1808-died Boston, MA 1855

Woman Knitting

Mary Ursula Whitlock, born Great Barrington, MA 1860-died Riverside, CA 1944

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

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

Andrew Jackson

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889

Smugglers' Notch, Stowe, Vermont

Chauncey F. Ryder, born Danbury, CT 1868-died Wilton, NH 1949

Virgin Enthroned

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

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, born Portsmouth, NH 1837-died New Dorp, NY 1908

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.

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

Peter Bounetheau

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

Portrait of a Gentleman

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

Still Life with Fruit

Severin Roesen, born Cologne, Germany 1815-died after 1872

Member of the Schuyler Family

Alfred T. Agate, born Sparta, NY 1812-died Washington, DC 1846

Andrew John

Unidentified

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

J. Alden Weir, born West Point, NY 1852-died New York City 1919

Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach

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

Red Tree

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

Ha-wón-je-tah, One Horn, Head Chief of the Miniconjou Tribe

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

Beulah Appleton

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

Infanta

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

Lady Essex as Juliet

Unidentified (British)

A Venetian Senator

Unidentified (Italian)

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, born St. Servan, France 1857-died Paris, France 1934

Mrs. John Willis Ellis (Mary White)

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

Augustus Fricke

Jean Pierre Henri Elouis, French, born Caen, France 1755-died Caen, France 1840

Portrait of a Gentleman

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

Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

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

Portrait of Dorothy Wagstaff

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