France Paintings

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

Oil on canvas by Henri-Joseph Harpignies depicting lush shrubbery and cottages in a serene landscape

Etude d’arbuste, au fond quelques chaumières

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Oil painting by Arthur-Joseph Gueniot depicting a tree trunk and greenery in Vendée.

Etude de paysage en Vendée. La Roche-sur-Yon. Tronc d’arbre

Arthur-Joseph Gueniot

Engraving by Gustave Doré depicting a fairy figure in a swirling haze

Étude pour ‘Les Fées’

Gustave Doré

Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait of a Man with Moustache features elongated features and a mask-like face.

Portrait of a Man with Moustache

Amedeo Modigliani

A depiction of the education of Achilles by Chiron.

L’Education d’Achille

Honoré Daumier

Winter landscape with snow, oil painting by Pierre-Eugène Montézin

Paysage sous neige

Pierre-Eugène Montézin

Amedeo Modigliani's 'Portrait of a waiting girl' features a girl with an elongated neck and almond-shaped eyes.

Portrait of a waiting girl

Amedeo Modigliani

A portrait of a woman by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Portrait of a Woman, called of Mme Georges Hartmann

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A captivating portrait by Jean-Léon Gérôme showcasing a woman in traditional attire.

Portrait of a Woman

Jean-Léon Gérôme

A portrait of a woman with a steady gaze, painted by Paul Cézanne in 1892.

Portrait of a Woman (Portrait de femme)

Paul Cézanne

A vibrant illustration for a theatrical production by Paul Sérusier.

Affiche pour la pièce Hérakléa de Auguste Villeroy au Théâtre de l’Œuvre dans la revue ‘Revue encyclopédique Larousse’

Paul Sérusier

A gentleman and lady in a lively outdoor setting.

Ein Kavalier mit seiner Dame

Jacques Callot

Armand Guillaumin's 'Quai du Louvre' captures a vibrant Parisian scene.

Quai du Louvre

Armand Guillaumin

Portrait of a Young Girl by Hugo Salmson captures the innocence and charm of childhood.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Hugo Salmson

Le pont Notre-Dame et la Tour Saint-Jacques, oil on canvas by Eugène Béjot

Le pont Notre-Dame et la Tour Saint-Jacques.

Eugène Béjot

Figurative oil painting depicting figures and landscape by Laure Brouardel, 1900

Exposition de 1900, pavillon de l’Algérie

Laure Brouardel

A vibrant still life painting featuring a vase of clove flowers.

Vase De Giroflées

Maximilien Luce

Upon Awakening I Saw the Goddess of the Intelligible with Her Severe and Hard Profile

Odilon Redon

Figurative oil painting by Ker-Xavier Roussel depicting bathers in a lush landscape.

Baigneuses

Ker-Xavier Roussel

A vibrant allegorical painting by Jules Chéret showcasing the spirit of creativity.

Faite Gratuitement Par Le Bon Génie

Jules Chéret

Henri Rivière's painting captures the rugged cliffs of Port Haor in Morgat.

Falaises de Port Haor. Morgat

Henri Rivière

Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Fairy of the Alps' depicts a mystical alpine scene.

Fairy of the Alps

Henri Fantin-Latour

Falaises à Pantin by Claude Emile Schuffenecker, oil painting depicting cliffs and foliage

Falaises à Pantin

Claude Emile Schuffenecker

Falaises Au Bord De La Mer Sous La Neige by Gustave Courbet, oil on canvas depicting snowy cliffs and sea.

Falaises Au Bord De La Mer Sous La Neige

Gustave Courbet

A landscape painting by Paul Cézanne depicting a farm in Normandy.

Farm in Normandy, c. 1885-86

Paul Cézanne

A vibrant Art Nouveau poster by Jules Chéret depicting a lively music hall scene.

Fantaisies-Music-Hall 28 Boulevard des Italiens

Jules Chéret

A young woman gazes confidently at the viewer in this portrait by Edgar Degas.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edgar Degas

Landscape oil painting by Armand Guillaumin featuring rolling hills and a river.

Vallée De La Creuse

Armand Guillaumin

La Moisson by Léon Augustin Lhermitte, oil on canvas showing laborers harvesting grain.

La Moisson

Léon Augustin Lhermitte

A dense forest scene with a narrow clearing, painted by Paul Cézanne in 1867.

Vacant Land through a Forest

Paul Cézanne

Vairumati, a Tahitian queen, is depicted seated with attendants in a lush, symbolic landscape.

Vairumati

Paul Gauguin

Lithograph by Henri Rivière depicting hills at dusk with soft hues.

Val Martin

Henri Rivière

A portrait of a woman holding a bouquet of lilacs.

Femme au bouquet de lilas

Delphin Enjolras

Paul Gauguin's 'Vairumati tei oa' depicts the mythical Tahitian figure Vairumati in a serene setting.

Vairumati tei oa

Paul Gauguin

Landscape with rolling hills and dappled light, oil on canvas by Claude-Louis Châtelet

View of Catanzaro

Claude-Louis Châtelet

A woman with a green parasol stands in a field, her dress and scarf lifted by the wind.

Femme à l'ombrelle tournée vers la droite

Claude Monet

Henri Gervex's painting 'Femme à l’éventail' features a woman elegantly holding a fan.

Femme à l’éventail (Portrait de Réjane)

Henri Gervex

Femme assise sur un tronc d’arbre by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña, oil painting of a woman sitting on a tree trunk.

Femme assise sur un tronc d’arbre

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña

A nude woman in a vibrant landscape painted by Renoir.

Femme Nue dans un Paysage

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A woman in a landscape by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Femme dans un paysag

Henri Fantin-Latour

A woman washing a pot in a serene domestic setting.

Femme lavant une casserole

Camille Pissarro

Landscape with pastel hues by Maurice Denis, 1931

Fiésole

Maurice Denis

Two large golden wheat stacks stand in a green field with swirling brushstrokes under a blue sky streaked with lighter blue and white.

Field with Wheat Stacks

Vincent van Gogh

A portrait of a young woman dressed in white, showcasing Jacques Louis David's neoclassical style.

Portrait of a Young Woman in White

Jacques Louis David

La Grenouillère by Claude Monet, oil on canvas depicting a riverside scene with reflections.

La Grenouillere

Claude Monet

A vibrant poster featuring a famous black animal tamer.

Valentino. Delmonico, le célèbre dompteur noir

Jules Chéret

Fête de nuit à l’Exposition universelle de 1889, oil on canvas by George Roux, featuring a crowd celebrating under the Eiffel Tower.

Fête de nuit à l’Exposition universelle de 1889, sous la tour Eiffel

George Roux

Henri Rivière's 'Loguivy' captures a serene coastal scene.

Loguivy

Henri Rivière

Eugène Delacroix's 'Feuille de douze médailles antiques' showcases intricate designs and classical motifs.

Feuille de douze médailles antiques

Eugène Delacroix

Figures near a Fountain, oil on canvas by Adolphe Monticelli, featuring figures in a tranquil setting.

Figures near a Fountain

Adolphe Monticelli

Valle Buona, Near Bordighera by Claude Monet, oil on canvas depicting a serene landscape

Valle Buona, Near Bordighera

Claude Monet

Figures outside the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Istanbul by Louis-Emile Pinel De Grandchamp, medium unknown

Figures outside the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Istanbul

Louis-Emile Pinel De Grandchamp

A serene landscape painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

Vallée Solitaire

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A portrait of a young woman in a lemon tree setting.

Fille Au Citronnier

Emile Vernon

Mount-Grace Abbey by Henri Toussaint, oil on canvas depicting a serene cloister with greenery.

Mount-Grace Abbey

Henri Toussaint

Figures in a stormy landscape, oil painting by Louis François Victor Watelin

Figures in a field under stormy skies

Louis François Victor Watelin

Frosty landscape, oil painting by Armand Guillaumin depicting the Valley of the Sédelle.

Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud White Frost

Armand Guillaumin

Fisherfolk on the Coast by Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg, oil on canvas depicting fishermen by the ocean

Fisherfolk on the Coast

Charles Euphrasie Kuwasseg

A painting by Jean-François Millet depicting a child taking their first steps.

First Steps

Jean-François Millet

Watercolour by Henri Rivière depicting a tranquil river landscape with gentle curves

Embouchure du Trieux à l’île à Bois. Loguivy

Henri Rivière

Fishermen at the harbour wall, low tide, oil painting by Théodore Gudin

Fishermen at the harbour wall, low tide

Théodore Gudin

Henri Rivière's 'Vallon près de la Pointe du Raz' captures a serene coastal landscape.

Vallon près de la Pointe du Raz

Henri Rivière

Fisherman’s thatched cottage, oil painting by Félix Hilaire Buhot

Fisherman’s thatched cottage

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Post-Impressionism oil painting by Maximilien Luce depicting the Seine and Notre-Dame at twilight

Paris, la Seine, Notre-Dame au loin

Maximilien Luce

Fisherman at the water's edge, oil on canvas by Constant Troyon

Fisherman

Constant Troyon

Fisherman on a river at dawn, oil on canvas by Charles Guilloux

Fisherman On A River At Dawn

Charles Guilloux

Fisherman in stream, oil on canvas by Alphonse Legros

Fisherman in stream

Alphonse Legros

Fishermen on the Loire near Nante, oil painting by Léon Zeytline, depicting silhouettes at twilight.

Fishermen on the Loire near Nante

Léon Zeytline

Oil painting by Antoine Morel-Fatio depicting the Aval Door arch and sea waves

Etretat; la porte d’Aval

Antoine Morel-Fatio

A landscape painting by Armand Guillaumin depicting the Vanves area.

Vanves

Armand Guillaumin

Fishing At The Edge Of A River With A Waterfall, oil painting by Charles-François Grenier De Lacroix

Fishing At The Edge Of A River With A Waterfall, Below A Castle

Charles-François Grenier De Lacroix

Landscape with a stream and forest, oil painting by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Flußlandschaft bei L’Arbresle im Lyonnais

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Portrait of a young girl, Alexandrine Émilie Brongniart, painted by François Gérard.

Portrait of Alexandrine Émilie Brongniart

François Gérard

Édouard Manet's 'Fishing' captures a serene marine scene with figures engaged in the act of fishing.

Fishing

Édouard Manet

Franz Xaver Winterhalter's painting 'Florinda' showcases a beautiful woman in a vibrant dress.

Florinda

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Alice Legouvé by Édouard Manet, depicting a woman with a composed expression.

Portrait of Alice Legouvé

Édouard Manet

Study sheet by Claude Lorrain depicting an undetermined scene.

Studienblatt; Ungedeutete Szene

Claude Lorrain

Landscape oil painting by Auguste-Sébastien Bénard featuring a quaint structure in golden light

Le petit Châtelet

Auguste-Sébastien Bénard

Henri Matisse's 'Vase de fleurs' features vibrant colors and bold brushwork.

Vase de fleurs

Henri Matisse

A beautiful still life featuring white lilacs and roses by Édouard Manet.

Vase of White Lilacs and Roses

Édouard Manet

A vibrant still life painting featuring flowers by Jules Pascin.

Fleurs

Jules Pascin

Flood at Giverny by Claude Monet depicts a serene landscape transformed by water.

Flood at Giverny

Claude Monet

Landscape of Florence at dusk with cypress trees by Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé

Florence From The Boboli Gardens

Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé

A portrait of a woman with a confident gaze, adorned in a blue dress with lace and a satin bow.

Portrait of Madame de Genlis

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Mountainous landscape with a farm at dawn, oil painting by Louis Belanger

Mountainous Landscape with a Farm

Louis Belanger

A vibrant depiction of a cabaret scene featuring Emilienne d’Alençon.

Folies Bergère. Emilienne d’Alençon tous les soirs

Jules Chéret

A vibrant still life featuring flowers in a Rococo vase, painted by Paul Cézanne.

Flowers in a Rococo Vase

Paul Cézanne

A flower vendor stands before the Madeleine Church in Paris.

Flower Vendor Before The Madeleine Church, Paris

Victor Gabriel Gilbert

A vibrant scene depicting the Folies Bergère with lively figures and rich colors.

Folies Bergère. Les Zoulous

Jules Chéret

Odilon Redon's painting features a python's head emerging amidst falling flowers.

Flowers Fall and the Head of a Python Appears

Odilon Redon