France Paintings

Browse free public domain artworks from France — paintings, illustrations, and museum pieces.

A lively scene depicting performers at a café concert.

Café concert des Ambassadeurs. Persivani et Vandevelde

Jules Chéret

Landscape of Bord de Seine, Rouen by Albert Lebourg, oil on canvas

Bord de Seine, Rouen

Albert Lebourg

A young woman in a white dress seated in a garden, gazing thoughtfully away.

In the Summer

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A Tahitian family gathered by a canoe at the water's edge.

Canoe; Tahitian Family (Te vaa)

Paul Gauguin

Capaneus, a figure from Greek mythology, is depicted in a dramatic pose.

Capaneus – Study called The Blasphemic

Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson

A serene scene of women and children in a rose garden, painted by Renoir in 1879.

The rose garden at Wargemont

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Caprice architectural by Pierre-Antoine Demachy, depicting a palace and bridge, unknown medium

Caprice architectural; un palais inspiré du Louvre et le Pont-Neuf s’encadrant dans l’arche d’un pont

Pierre-Antoine Demachy

A serene landscape depicting a rustic watermill surrounded by lush trees and villagers.

The Mill

François Boucher

Portrait of Marie Le Coeur by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, depicting a woman with a steady gaze.

Portrait of Marie Le Coeur

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Capriccio with ruins of the Roman Forum, oil on canvas by Claude Lorrain

Capriccio with ruins of the Roman Forum

Claude Lorrain

A humorous caricature of a man with a prominent nose.

Caricature of a Man with a Large Nose

Claude Monet

A serene landscape painting featuring sturdy pine trees and rocks in Fontainebleau.

Pines and Rocks, Fontainebleau

Paul Cézanne

Amedeo Modigliani's 'Cariatide' features a stylized figure with elongated forms.

Cariatide

Amedeo Modigliani

A vibrant depiction of trees in the garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, showcasing swirling brushstrokes and vivid colors.

Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital

Vincent van Gogh

A vibrant depiction of pine trees in a sunlit grove near Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Pines near Cagnes

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Drawing by Alexandre Nozal, Carnet de dessins Pl.11, featuring fluid lines and muted tones.

Carnet de dessins Pl.11

Alexandre Nozal

Drawing by Alexandre Nozal, ink on paper, featuring softly shaded figures evoking memory.

Carnet de dessins Pl.17

Alexandre Nozal

Landscape featuring a waterfall and rocks, oil painting by Jacques-Raymond Brascassat

Cascade et rochers

Jacques-Raymond Brascassat

L’Accident by Hubert Robert, oil painting depicting ruins and an archway at sunset.

L’Accident

Hubert Robert

Portrait of Lucie Duche, wife of Paul Gallimard, painted by Renoir in 1892.

Madame Paul Gallimard nee. Lucie Duche

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Flooded Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris by Albert Leopold Pierson, Impressionism

Cathédrale Notre-Dame, vue du quai de la Tournelle, 30 janvier 1910, inondations de 1910, 4ème et 5ème arrondissements.

Albert Leopold Pierson

Landscape with sunset over water, oil painting by Hippolyte Camille Delpy

Un Soleil Couchant au Rive

Hippolyte Camille Delpy

A serene landscape painting featuring a large tree by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

Landscape (The Large Tree)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A sunlit oat field with ripening stalks swaying gently under a cloudy sky.

Champ d'avoine (Oat Field)

Claude Monet

Château De La Ranciere by Victor Petit, oil on canvas depicting a tranquil river landscape.

Château De La Ranciere (Maine et Loire)

Victor Petit

A vibrant depiction of Place de la Trinité in Paris, showcasing bustling life and the Église de la Trinité.

Place de la Trinité

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Champ de Course by Édouard Vuillard, oil on canvas depicting a lively racecourse with spectators.

Champ de Course

Édouard Vuillard

Landscape of Place de Montrouge by Félix Brard, featuring soft light and cobblestone.

Place de Montrouge, square de la Mairie

Félix Brard

A depiction of Trissotin reading to three women in a theatrical setting.

Trissotin Reading to Philaminte, Bélise, and Armande (from act 3, scene 2 of Molière’s “Les Femmes Savantes”

Charles-Antoine Coypel

Landscape with poppies and barley field, oil on canvas by Armand Guéry

Champ d’orge et de coquelicots à Pontgivart

Armand Guéry

A vibrant depiction of the Champs-Elysées featuring lively figures and lush greenery.

Champs-Elysées (ancien Concert Besselièvre), Jardin de Paris, Ch. Zidler

Jules Chéret

Marine scene with waves and sand by Eugène Boudin, oil painting

Plages Echouees

Eugène Boudin

A woman in a black dress with a white collar stands poised to sing in a bustling café-concert.

Chanteuse de café-concert

Édouard Manet

Chateau De La Verdiere by Victor Petit, oil on canvas depicting a serene landscape.

Chateau De La Verdiere (Ille en Vilaine)

Victor Petit

A portrait of Charles Suisse by Gustave Courbet.

Charles Suisse

Gustave Courbet

Jules Breton's 'Fin Du Travail' captures the end of a day's labor in a rural setting.

Fin Du Travail

Jules Breton

Hunters in a forest, oil on canvas by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña

Chasseurs dans un sous bois

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña

Genre scene depicting a vibrant market by Jean-Jules Dufour, medium unknown.

Place Maubert, Rue du Haut-Pavé

Jean-Jules Dufour

A white horse is depicted pulling a cart in a rural setting.

Charrette Attelée D’un Cheval Blanc

Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille

Landscape of Château de Baumais by Victor Petit, oil painting featuring lush greenery and light interplay.

Château de Baumais (Calvados)

Victor Petit

Landscape featuring Château De Rocher Mezangers by Victor Petit, oil painting with trees and dappled sunlight.

Château De Rocher Mezangers (Mayenne)

Victor Petit

A winter scene depicting a snow-covered towpath along the Seine at Argenteuil, painted by Claude Monet.

Chemin de halage à Argenteuil (Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter)

Claude Monet

Château De Lion (Calvados) by Victor Petit, oil painting depicting a melancholic landscape.

Château De Lion (Calvados)

Victor Petit

Cézanne's 'Cézanne - FWN 43' features a solitary figure in a shadowed interior, evoking psychological tension.

Cézanne - FWN 43

Paul Cézanne

Three-masted ships on water, oil on canvas by Eugène Boudin

Trois-mats devant Anvers

Eugène Boudin

A portrait of Madame Allouard-Jouan by John Singer Sargent.

Portrait de Madame Allouard-Jouan

John Singer Sargent

A landscape painting depicting a château surrounded by trees under a changeable sky.

Château des environs de Paris

Paul Cézanne

St. Livier by Jacques Callot depicts a religious scene with intricate details.

St. Livier

Jacques Callot

Landscape with a thatched cottage and river by Eugène Boudin, oil painting

Chaumière et pâturage sur les bords de la Touques

Eugène Boudin

Engraving of Château Galliard by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu depicting a tranquil landscape.

Château Galliard

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

This artwork features a stylized figure with flowing hair, embodying the essence of beauty and grace.

Chevelure ruban de fumée

Henri Matisse

Riverbank scene at twilight, oil on canvas by Eugène Boudin

Chemin animé, bord de rivière

Eugène Boudin

Children playing joyfully with a dog in a vibrant, spontaneous moment captured by Mary Cassatt.

Children Playing with a Dog

Mary Cassatt

Fellah Women Drawing Water, oil painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, showing women carrying clay vessels.

Fellah Women Drawing Water

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan, oil on canvas by Paul Cezanne, featuring robust trees and natural light.

Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan

Paul Cézanne

A weaver works inside a cozy cottage, surrounded by various textiles and tools.

A Weaver’s Cottage

Vincent van Gogh

Sunset landscape with reflections on water by Félix Ziem, oil painting

Plan d’eau, soleil couchant. Au revers; Deux études

Félix Ziem

A whimsical depiction of a Chinese garden with pavilions and elegantly dressed figures.

Chinese Garden

François Boucher

A painting by Honoré Daumier depicting a lively scene of everyday life.

Trouvé-Chauvel

Honoré Daumier

Children playing in the Tuileries Garden, capturing the lively atmosphere of Parisian social life.

Children in the Tuileries Garden

Édouard Manet

Eugène Boudin's 'Trouville, Les Jetées Marée Haute' captures a lively coastal scene.

Trouville, Les Jetées Marée Haute

Eugène Boudin

Oil painting by Félix Vallotton depicting plane trees and sunlight in Cagnes

Platanes ébranchés, Cagnes

Félix Vallotton

Portrait of Miss Amélie Diéterle by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, capturing her charm and theatrical magnetism.

Portrait of Miss Amélie Diéterle by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, version of 1903. Title : Miss Diéterle, The Wonderful.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Plateau de Gravelles by Maurice Chabas, oil on canvas depicting rolling hills and soft light.

Plateau de Gravelles

Maurice Chabas

A depiction of Christ on the Cross by Jacques Callot.

Christ on the Cross

Jacques Callot

Plateaux de Barberaz by Henri Rivière, lithograph depicting rolling hills and a colorful sky.

Plateaux de Barberaz

Henri Rivière

Portrait of Christina Nilsson as Ophelia by Alexandre Cabanel, depicting her in a white gown by a stream.

Christina Nilsson, 1843-1921, opera-singer, as Ofelia

Alexandre Cabanel

Paul Gauguin's 'Pleasures of Brittany' depicts vibrant colors and rural life in Brittany.

Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)

Paul Gauguin

Chryses mourns his daughter lost to Agamemnon in this emotional study by Girodet.

Chryses Mourning the Loss of his Daughter to Agamemnon (Study for the Iliad)

Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson

A Hussar trumpeter on a rearing horse, poised before battle, captured in dynamic motion.

Trumpeter of the Hussars

Théodore Géricault

Édouard Manet's 'Civil War (Scene of the Commune of Paris)' captures a pivotal moment in history.

Civil War (Scene of the Commune of Paris)

Édouard Manet

Eugène Delacroix's 'Cleopatra and the Peasant' depicts a tense moment between the queen and a peasant.

Cleopatra and the Peasant

Eugène Delacroix

Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Tuba mirum spargens sonum…' showcases a vivid representation of religious themes.

Tuba mirum spargens sonum…

Henri Fantin-Latour

Landscape of Bras gauche de la Bièvre, boulevard Arago, oil on canvas by Germain Eugène Bonneton

Bras gauche de la Bièvre, boulevard Arago

Germain Eugène Bonneton

A vibrant depiction of a chef in a lively setting.

Tuba, chef Matchaga, Niangara, Haut Ouelle

Alexandre Jacovleff

A portrait of a man turned to the left by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Claude Renoir, Turned to the Left

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Marine scene with a river and shore by Eugène Boudin, oil painting.

Plougastel, le passage à l’embouchure de la rivière de Landerneau

Eugène Boudin

A still life painting by Édouard Manet featuring a bottle of plum brandy.

Plum Brandy

Édouard Manet

Poissy, bateau pavoisé by Albert Marquet, oil painting depicting a river scene with a boat and pastel sky.

Poissy, bateau pavoisé

Albert Marquet

A historical painting depicting Cleopatra and Caesar.

Cléopâtre et César

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Two studies of Suliote costumes by Eugène Delacroix, showcasing intricate traditional attire.

Two studies of Suliote costumes

Eugène Delacroix

A still life painting featuring two vases filled with colorful flowers on a simple tabletop.

Two vases with flowers

Paul Gauguin

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 'Collapsed on the Bed' captures a moment of rest and intimacy.

Collapsed on the Bed

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A vibrant depiction of lively women in a social setting.

Femmes Galantes

Jules Pascin

A striking still life featuring a leg and a pig's head by Jacques Callot.

A Leg and a Pig’s Head

Jacques Callot

A lively scene of a concert at Duclerc, capturing the essence of Parisian nightlife.

Concert Duclerc 16bis rue Fontaine

Georges Meunier

A lively scene depicting a concert with vibrant colors and intricate details.

Concert des Ambassadeurs. La Fille du ferblantier

Jules Chéret

A landscape painting by Paul Cézanne depicting the Côte du Jallais in Pontoise.

La Côte Du Jallais À Pontoise

Paul Cézanne

A colorful poster by Jules Chéret promoting evening concerts.

Concert-promenade de l’Horloge. Tous les soirs, concert, opérettes, chants, pantomimes, ballets

Jules Chéret

A vibrant Impressionist painting of Saint-Tropez, France, capturing the warmth of the Mediterranean light.

St Tropez, France

Pierre-Auguste Renoir