Artists out of copyright in 2024
1 December 2023
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On 1st January 2024, creative works protected by copyright law across most territories will expire for creators who died in 1953, and will enter into the public domain.
What does this mean in terms of usage? It means that additional artists’ clearance permissions for use are no longer required for these works. However, they do not become free to use from any source. Licensing fees still apply. To best explain this, it helps to think of an image as having two separate categories of copyright - one of the artist and one for the digital file held by the image file source.
Some exciting additions this year are painters Francis Picabia, Xu Beihong, Raoul Dufy, and Moïse Kisling, along with illustrator Edmund Dulac.
Here is a selection of images to inspire you.
.jpg "\"Jiang Biwei Reading\", 1920s. Xu Beihong. AKG10178403 ©akg-images")
.jpg "\"Woman Holding a Fan\", 1920, Xu Beihong. AKG10178465 ©akg-images")
.jpg "Lydia – Transparence. Francis Picabia. AKG1088268 ©akg-images")
We have compiled this list of artists whose works enter the public domain in 2024. Please contact us for usage information, and to ensure the images you want to use are available in your territory.
For the images used in this feature, click here.
For a comprehensive album of images out of copyright in 2024, click here.
Name | Type of art |
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Ackermann, Otto | German artist, landscapes |
Ade, Mathilde | Children's / Simplicissimus illustrations |
Adrion, Lucien | French painter. Post-Impressionism |
Amazonas, Clodomiro | Brazilian painter, landscapes |
Arnold, Karl | German caricaturist / Simplicissimus |
Arms, John Taylor | Etchings |
Atar, Chaim | Ukrainian / Israeli artist |
Backmansson, Hugo | Finnish painter |
Baroja, Ricardo |
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Barrenscheen, Hermann | Swiss painter. |
Barrueta, Benito | Spanish painter |
Bartlett, Frederic Clay | American painter. |
Bauer, Rudolf | German artist. Dance images and abstract compositions |
Bayes, Gilbert | Sculpture |
Beihong, Xu | Chinese artist. Paintings and sketches |
Berény, Róbert | Hungarian painter |
Beyer, Adolf | Polish painter |
Bone, David Muirhead | Scottish artist, etchings |
Bretz, Julius | German artist, landscape |
Broders, Roger | French illustrator. Poster art |
Bruse, Hermann | German painter |
Chandor, Douglas | US artist, portraits of politicians |
Crespin, Louis Charles | Belgian painter, religious |
Delahogue, Alexis | French painter, Orientalism |
Delville, Jean | Belgian artist, Symbolism |
Dennery, Gustave | French painter |
Denonne, Alexandre | Belgian artist, landscape |
Dufy, Raoul | French artist. Fauvism - over 200 images available. Sample selection added. |
Dulac, Edmund | French-English illustrator, 127 images available. Sample selection added. |
Filla, Emil | Czech painter |
Génin, Lucien | French painter |
Giro, Juan Emilio Hernandez | Cuban artist |
Gleizes, Albert | French artist, Cubism |
Golub, Pjotr Semjonowitsch | Russian artist. Soviet propaganda, Stalin |
Grom-Rottmayer, Hermann | Austrian artist |
Hein-Neufeldt, Max | German painter |
Hollman, Charles | Dutch painter |
Homar, Gaspar | Spanish, mosaic and marquetry. Sample selection added |
Jakowlew, Wassilij Nikolajewitsch | Russian artist, propaganda |
Kauffmann, Hermann d.J. | German painter |
Kenan | Turkish illustrator |
Kern, Guido Josef | German artist |
Kisling, Moïse | Polish/French painter |
Knight, Charles R. | American artist. Prehistory illustrations |
Kotow, Pjotr Iwanowitsch | Russian artist, industrial and propaganda |
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo | Japanese-American painter |
Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien | French artist. Symbolism |
Mackensen, Fritz | German artist. 80 images available, sample selection added. |
Marin, John | American artist |
Meyer-Waldeck, Kunz | German painter. Maritime art |
Milne, David | Canadian painter |
Morley, Eugene | American artist. Lithographs |
Münzer, Adolf | Polish artist. Illustrations, storybook and political |
Nebel, Kay Heinrich | German artist |
Noci, Arturo | Italian painter |
Oakley, Thornton | American artist |
Ockert, Erich | German artist |
Oppenheim, Alfred Nathaniel | German artist |
Osmerkin, Alexander Alexandrowitsch | Russian painter, portraits |
Pasini, Emilio | Italian painter |
Picabia, Francis | French surrealist, sample selection added |
Pinchon, Joseph Porphyre | French painter and illustrator. Costume design |
Poncet, Marcel | French artist. Paintings and stained glass |
Popow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch | Russian painter |
Popp, Jon | German artist, Orientalism |
Predić, Uroš | Serbian realist painter |
Priechenfried, Alois Heinrich | Austrian painter |
Püttner, Walter | German painter |
Reiss, Winold | German-American, portraits |
Rinsaku, Akamatsu | Japanese artist |
Röhricht, Wolf | German painter |
Rooke, Noel | English artist, posters |
Russell, Morgan | American artist, abstract |
Salvarani, Arcangelo | Italian artist |
Sebille, Albert | French artist, ships |
Sharp, Joseph Henry | American painter, native American images |
Shinn, Everett | American painter |
Siviero, Carlo | Italian artist |
Sokolow, Michail Georgijewitsch | Russian artist, realism, political |
Soldati, Atanasio | Italian artist, abstract |
Sonrel, Elisabeth | French painter and illustrator. Art Nouveau |
Sorin, Saweli Abramowitsch | Russian artist |
Sotter, George William | American painter |
Stahr, Paul | American illustrator, poster and magazine |
Suppantschitsch, Maximilian | Austrian artist, landscape |
Tatlin, Wladimir Jewgrafowitsch | Russian, Avant Garde, Constructivism, stage |
Thomé, Verner | Finnish painter |
Toidze, Mose | Georgian painter |
Tomlin, Bradley Walker | American, gallery photo of painting |
Wagner-Henning, Anton | German painter |
Wellesley, Victor | British artist |
Werner, Selmar | German artist and sculptor |
Wohlers, Julius | German artist |
Zilling, Paul | German painter |
Zotow, Eugen | Ukrainian painter |
