France Paintings

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

Coin de forêt by Félix Ziem, oil on canvas depicting a tranquil forest glade.

Coin de forêt

Félix Ziem

Landscape of a rustic cabin under a stormy sky, oil painting by Claude Monet

Cabin of the Customs Watch

Claude Monet

A vibrant depiction of young bathers by Maximilien Luce.

Jeunes baigneurs

Maximilien Luce

This painting depicts a scene illustrating the folly of public opinion.

Le public, mon cher, le public est stupide

Honoré Daumier

Le Quai aux fleurs by Stanislas Lépine, impressionism, vibrant flowers

Le Quai aux fleurs

Stanislas Lépine

Landscape depicting cliffs and sea by Eugène-François-Adolphe Deshayes, oil painting

Calanques Near Bougie In Algeria

Eugène-François-Adolphe Deshayes

A woman is sitting in a cozy room, absorbed in reading a book.

A Good Read

Victor Gabriel Gilbert

Le quai des Grands Augustins by Albert Marquet, oil painting depicting the Seine river.

Le quai des Grands Augustins

Albert Marquet

Landscape with a river and quay under a pastel sky by Pierre-Eugène Montézin, oil painting

Le quai de la Croix Blanche

Pierre-Eugène Montézin

A depiction of a worker resting, showcasing the themes of labor and leisure.

Le repos de l’ouvrier

Maximilien Luce

Le Quai Saint-Michel by Maximilien Luce, impressionist oil painting depicting the Seine and Parisian life.

Le Quai Saint-Michel

Maximilien Luce

A serene scene depicting a woman resting in a natural setting.

Le Repos

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Three women carrying heavy bundles return from a communal washhouse, showing fatigue and determination.

Le Retour du lavoir

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

A historical painting depicting the burning of Paris in September.

Le Rêve; Paris incendié, septembre

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Le rivage de Trouville, marée basse by Eugène Boudin, oil painting of a seaside scene.

Le rivage de Trouville, marée basse

Eugène Boudin

A vibrant landscape painting depicting the rocky coastline of Saint-Palais.

Le rocher du Platin à Saint-Palais

Armand Guillaumin

A depiction of a massive red rock surrounded by vegetation, capturing the rugged landscape of Provence.

Le Rocher rouge (The Red Rock)

Paul Cézanne

Le Sarcophage by Hubert Robert, featuring an ornate sarcophagus in sunlight, oil painting

Le Sarcophage

Hubert Robert

Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Le Satyre' captures a mythical figure in a lush, dreamlike setting.

Le Satyre

Henri Fantin-Latour

A young couple under a leafy arbor, clasping hands in a moment of intimate promise.

Le serment d'amour

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Landscape with a river and winding path, oil painting by Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Le Sentier Au Près De La Rivière

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Two exhausted peasants sleeping on the ground after a day's work.

Le Sommeil Des Paysans

Théodore Géricault

Gustave Moreau's 'Le songe d’un habitant du Mogol' explores themes of dreams and exoticism.

Le songe d’un habitant du Mogol

Gustave Moreau

Odilon Redon's painting 'Le Sphynx' explores themes of perception and the unseen.

Le Sphynx…mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Chimere; Moi,Je suis legere et joyeuse

Odilon Redon

Collioure, La Chapelle Sur La Digue by Henri Martin, oil on canvas depicting a chapel and shoreline.

Collioure, La Chapelle Sur La Digue

Henri Martin

This painting by Odilon Redon features a sphinx gazing into an unreachable horizon.

Le Sphynx…mon regard que rien ne peut devier, demeure tendu a travers les choses sur un horizon inaccessible. La Chimere – Moi, Je suis legere et joyeuse

Odilon Redon

Interior scene with sunlight and shadows, oil on canvas by Édouard Vuillard

Le Square

Édouard Vuillard

Landscape with hillside in greens and golds by Albert Marquet, oil painting

Le talus à La Frette

Albert Marquet

Two figures stand in front of the ruins of Paris, with hollowed windows and broken beams in the background.

À la place Maubert

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

A serene landscape painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot depicting a rocky stream at twilight.

Le Torrent Pierreux (Crépuscule)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Le Tibre à Rome by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, oil painting depicting the flowing Tiber river.

Le Tibre à Rome

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

A woman with copper-red hair in an apricot dress holds a bicycle's handlebars and a four-leaf clover.

Le Trèfle à quatre feuilles (Cycles Georges Richard)

Eugène Grasset

A scene depicting daily life in a vibrant setting.

A la sortie d’un Kori (Cuvette)

Alexandre Jacovleff

Coastal landscape with waves and horizon, oil on canvas by Henri Ottmann

Le Tréport

Henri Ottmann

Vue de tonnerre ou Le moulin d’enfer by Emile Bernard, oil on canvas depicting a stormy landscape.

Vue de tonnerre ou Le moulin d’enfer

Emile Bernard

Landscape oil painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot featuring a church and green grass

Le Tréport – Un pré et l’église

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A woman in a pale cloak and a man with a cigarette engage in a silent urban drama amidst winter trees.

À la Trinité

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

A Turkish horseman in elaborate costume mounts a richly adorned saddle, surrounded by scattered sunlight.

Le turc à la selle

Eugène Delacroix

Le Velino; La Sortie Du Lac De Papigno, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Le Velino; La Sortie Du Lac De Papigno

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Le Vieux chêne by Jacques-Raymond Brascassat, oil painting depicting an oak tree in a forest.

Le Vieux chêne

Jacques-Raymond Brascassat

Le Vert-Galant by Félix Vallotton, oil on canvas depicting figures in conversation.

Le Vert-Galant

Félix Vallotton

Le vieux Paris by Pierre-Marcel Roy, oil on canvas depicting sunlight on cobblestone streets.

Le vieux Paris

Pierre-Marcel Roy

Oil painting by Félix Ziem depicting a Venetian canal with a church at sunset.

Fête de l’Assomption devant la Douane, Venise

Félix Ziem

Landscape of Le village de Georgenborn by Gustave Cariot, oil painting

Le village de Georgenborn

Gustave Cariot

Landscape of village houses in sunlight by Alfred Sisley, oil painting

Le village des Sablons, près de Veneux-Nadon

Alfred Sisley

William Bouguereau's 'Le Voeu a la Madone' depicts a poignant religious scene.

Le Voeu a la Madone

William Bouguereau

Impressionist oil painting by Pierre-Eugène Montézin depicting a sunset over tranquil waters.

Coucher de soleil sur le marais fleur

Pierre-Eugène Montézin

Landscape watercolor on paper by Henri Rivière depicting tranquility and light.

Courcelle

Henri Rivière

A depiction of Leda and the Swan by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Leda

Jean-Léon Gérôme

A Modern Olympia by Paul Cézanne depicts a reclining nude woman with a man entering from the shadows.

A Modern Olympia

Paul Cézanne

Marine scene at sunset by Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, oil painting

Coucher de soleil à Bourg de Batz, Bretagne

Ferdinand du Puigaudeau

Couple on a bench in a park, oil on canvas by Raoul Dufy

Couple sur un banc, Place d’Hyères

Raoul Dufy

A portrait of a historical figure by Honoré Daumier.

Larochejacquelein

Honoré Daumier

Davos sous la neige by Albert Marquet, oil on canvas depicting a serene snowy landscape.

Davos sous la neige

Albert Marquet

L’église à Essoyes by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, depicts a church surrounded by sunlight and greenery.

L’église à Essoyes

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

L’Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont by Charles Désiré Claude Maillot, oil on canvas depicting a church facade.

L’Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont

Charles Désiré Claude Maillot

L’Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris by Armand Guillaumin, oil painting of the church facade under soft light.

L’Eglise Saint-Sulpice, Paris

Armand Guillaumin

Crozant, Pont Charraud by Armand Guillaumin, oil on canvas depicting a tranquil river landscape

Crozant, Pont Charraud

Armand Guillaumin

Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Lélio; The Aeolian Harp' features a serene setting with rich colors and symbolic elements.

Lélio; The Aeolian Harp

Henri Fantin-Latour

A shepherdess sits under the shade of trees with her flock of sheep around her.

A Shepherdess and Her Flock in the Shade of Trees

Jean-François Millet

Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of Léon Bakst features elongated forms and a distinctive color palette.

Léon Bakst

Amedeo Modigliani

Portrait of Léon Riesener by Eugène Delacroix.

Léon Riesener (1808 – 1878)

Eugène Delacroix

Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's father by the artist himself.

Léonard Renoir, The Artist’s Father

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's painting features Léonie Yahne and Henry Mayer in a lively setting.

Léonie Yahne and Henry Mayer, in L’Age Difficile

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Winter in the Jura by Gustave Courbet, oil painting of a serene winter landscape with snow and trees.

Winter in the Jura

Gustave Courbet

A depiction of Léonie Yahne in her dressing room by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Léonie Yahne in her dressing room, in L’Age Difficile

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A portrait of Léopold Zborowski by Amedeo Modigliani, showcasing his introspective expression.

Léopold Zborowski

Amedeo Modigliani

City Fire by Auguste Louis Lepère, depicting flames and smoke in a chaotic urban scene.

City Fire

Auguste Louis Lepère

Gustave Courbet's 'Les amants dans la campagne' depicts a couple in a serene rural setting.

Les amants dans la campagne

Gustave Courbet

A depiction of strong female figures in a mythological context.

Les Amazones

Honoré Daumier

Les Andelys by Paul Signac, oil on canvas depicting the Seine and vibrant hills.

Les Andelys

Paul Signac

Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval by Paul Signac, oil on canvas depicting cliffs and the Seine.

Les Andelys, Côte d’Aval

Paul Signac

Les Andelys. Soleil couchant by Paul Signac, oil on canvas showing a sunset over the Seine

Les Andelys. Soleil couchant

Paul Signac

Oil painting by Eugène Boudin depicting gentle waves at the shore.

Les Bords De La Touques Pendant Les Grandes Marées

Eugène Boudin

Les Bords De L’Oise, oil on canvas by Charles François Daubigny, depicting a river landscape at dusk.

Les Bords De L’oise

Charles François Daubigny

Landscape oil painting by Henri-Joseph Harpignies featuring a river and soft sky.

Les Bords De L’yonne

Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Les Bords De Seine Au Printemps by Maximilien Luce, oil on canvas depicting a spring landscape with water and trees

Les Bords De Seine Au Printemps

Maximilien Luce

A painting by Delphin Enjolras depicting children playing with soap bubbles.

Les bulles de savon

Delphin Enjolras

Les Cagnards de l’Hôtel-Dieu by Emile Antoine Guillier, oil on canvas depicting somber figures in a hospital setting.

Les Cagnards de l’Hôtel-Dieu

Emile Antoine Guillier

Les Cagnards de l’Hôtel-Dieu oil painting by Lucien Mélingue depicting figures in a hospital setting.

Les Cagnards de l’Hôtel-Dieu

Lucien Mélingue

Crossing the Bridge by Jules Dupré, oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with a bridge.

Crossing the Bridge

Jules Dupré

Two soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a barren landscape, their tense bodies and expressions conveying a sense of quiet heroism.

Les Camarades

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

A vibrant scene depicting leisure activities in a lush park.

Les Champs Elisées

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Les Catacombes de Saint-Agnès à Naples, oil on canvas by François-Marius Granet

Les Catacombes de Saint-Agnès à Naples

François-Marius Granet

Landscape featuring oaks, oil painting by Jacques-Raymond Brascassat

Les Chênes

Jacques-Raymond Brascassat

Les Chevaux Camarguais by Félix Ziem, depicting horses in a landscape, oil painting

Les Chevaux Camarguais

Félix Ziem

A portrait of a woman by Jules Pascin, showcasing his unique style.

Julie, la Martiniquaise

Jules Pascin

A depiction of young girls receiving their first communion in a rural setting.

Les communiantes à Courrières

Jules Breton

Gustave Courbet's 'Les cribleuses de blé, esquisse' depicts women sifting wheat in a rural setting.

Les cribleuses de blé, esquisse

Gustave Courbet

A bustling scene of cyclists, both men and women, riding determinedly through an urban landscape filled with carriages and onlookers.

Les Cyclistes

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen