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

Portrait of President Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Clement Steele, 11 Sep 1847 - 26 Jul 1926

Daniel Embury
Henry Inman, 28 Oct 1801 - 17 Jan 1846

Eleazer Parmly
Henry Inman, 28 Oct 1801 - 17 Jan 1846

William Starke Rosecrans
Samuel Woodson Price, 5 Aug 1828 - 22 Jan 1918

Stephen Fuller Austin
Unidentified Artist

Millard Fillmore
George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894

John Tyler
George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894

Benjamin West
James Smith, 1749 - 1794

Thomas Hancock
John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815

James Armstrong Thome
Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1796 - 1881

Martin Van Buren
George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894

Thomas Jefferson
Mather Brown, 7 Oct 1761 - 25 May 1831

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
Sir William Boxall, 1800 - 1879

Alexander Hamilton
John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843

William McKinley
August Benziger, 1867 - 1955

William Samuel Johnson
John Wesley Jarvis, 1780 - 14 Jan 1840

Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha)
Thomas Hicks, 18 Oct 1823 - 8 Oct 1890

Samuel Seabury
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801

James Monroe
James Herring, 12 Jan 1794 - 8 Oct 1867

Henry Clay
John B. Neagle, 4 Nov 1796 - 17 Sep 1865

William Pitt Fessenden
Constantino Brumidi, 26 Jul 1805 - 19 Feb 1880

Self-Portrait
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Portrait of Whistler
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)

Balloon Flowers in a Basket
Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

Arrangement in Black: Portrait of F. R. Leyland
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Eakins
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

At the Window
Alfred Henry Maurer, American, b. New York City, 1868–1932

Factory--Study for "Ironworkers, Noontime"/Verso: Still Life with Orange
Thomas Anshutz, American, b. Newport, Kentucky, 1851–1912

Girl in Black (Pouting Tom)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, b. Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834–1903

Shady Pool, White Mountains, New Hampshire
Albert Bierstadt, American, b. Solingen, Germany, 1830–1902

Army Boots
Winslow Homer, American, b. Boston, Massachusetts, 1836–1910

Portrait of Artist's Daughter
William Merritt Chase, American, b. Williamsburg, Indiana, 1849–1916

The Story (The Diners; Pleasures of the Table)
Charles Webster Hawthorne, American, b. Lodi, Illinois, 1872–1930

Portrait of Lillian Hammit (Girl in a Big Hat)
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Portrait of Frank Mac Dowell
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

The Artist's Wife
William Glackens, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1870–1938

Study for "Pathetic Song"
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Portrait of Hettie Duryea Meade
Edward Hopper, American, b. Nyack, New York, 1882–1967

Woman Knitting
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Study for "Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Duane Gillespie"
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Portrait of a Young Girl (Brinkmann's Daughter)
Robert Henri, American, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865–1929

Portrait of Mrs. Richard Day
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

The Warships
George Wesley Bellows, American, b. Columbus, Ohio, 1882–1925

The Blue Tobacco Box
William M. Harnett, American, b. Clonakilty, Ireland, 1848–1892

Celestina
Robert Henri, American, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1865–1929

Mrs. Kate A. Moore
John Singer Sargent, American, b. Florence, Italy, 1856–1925

Study for "Portrait of Joshua Ballinger Lippincott"
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Mrs. Eastman Johnson
Eastman Johnson, American, b. Lovell, Maine, 1824–1906

Portrait of Margaret Perot
Thomas Anshutz, American, b. Newport, Kentucky, 1851–1912

Ferry Slip, Winter
John Sloan, American, b. Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1871–1951

The Fisherman's Wife
Charles Webster Hawthorne, American, b. Lodi, Illinois, 1872–1930

The Great Western Railway Viaduct, St. Austell, Under the Snow - St. Ives
Hayley Lever, American, b. Adelaide, Australia, 1876–1958

Study of a Girl's Head
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916

Artist's Daughter in Mother's Dress (Young Girl in Black)
William Merritt Chase, American, b. Williamsburg, Indiana, 1849–1916

Copying in the Louvre
Alfred Henry Maurer, American, b. New York City, 1868–1932

The Model
Alfred Henry Maurer, American, b. New York City, 1868–1932

Portrait of William Mac Dowell
Thomas Eakins, American, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1844–1916