France Paintings

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

Chambéry lithograph by Henri Rivière depicting hills, water, and reflections under a soft sky

Chambéry

Henri Rivière

A building under demolition by the Seine, with figures and bare trees against a blue-grey haze.

Houses being demolished Quai de Conti, Paris

Albert Marquet

This painting captures a lively scene at the Musée Grévin during an exhibition.

Musée Grévin. Souvenir de l’Exposition.

Jules Chéret

A foggy riverbank scene with barges and distant figures along the Seine in muted colors.

Quai des Grands-Augustins

Albert Marquet

A composition blending human faces with trees and fruit, creating a dreamlike atmosphere.

TÊTES, ARBRES ET FRUITS

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A portrait of a Breton girl by Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret.

Breton Girl

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret

A serene riverside scene depicting a village with a church, reflected in the water, surrounded by trees and boats.

L'église et le village de la Frette

Albert Marquet

Coucher du soleil sur le rivage by Hippolyte Camille Delpy, oil painting depicting a sunset over the sea.

Coucher du soleil sur le rivage

Hippolyte Camille Delpy

A woman with a dog, painted by Jules Pascin.

Femme au chien

Jules Pascin

A horse-drawn carriage floats across a pale expanse with the Pont-Neuf in the background, rendered in expressive colors and swift strokes.

Pont-Neuf au soleil

Albert Marquet

A vibrant scene depicting musicians in a lively setting.

Musiciens

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Three sailboats with dark blue, white, and yellow hulls float close together on the rippling Seine with a green riverbank, houses, and a tall poplar tree behind.

Sailboats on the Seine at Petit-Gennevilliers

Claude Monet

A humorous depiction of a sleepwalking woman dancing the cancan.

My mother-in-law had warned me that her daughter was a sleep-walker, but she did not tell me she danced the cancan

Honoré Daumier

Paul Gauguin's 'Two Cow's Heads (verso)' showcases a unique perspective on animal subjects.

Two Cow’s Heads (verso)

Paul Gauguin

A vibrant self-portrait by Raoul Dufy showcasing bold colors and expressive brushwork.

Autoportrait

Raoul Dufy

A serene harbor scene with calm water reflecting towers and masts under morning light.

La Rochelle

Albert Marquet

Figurative oil painting by Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert featuring an elegant figure.

On Guard

Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert

A satirical depiction of photography's rise as an art form.

Nadar raising photography to the height of art

Honoré Daumier

Rue des Charretes by Auguste Louis Lepère, impressionism, genre scene

Rue des Charretes; Rue de Halage; Rue Eau de Robec; Place des Arts

Auguste Louis Lepère

La Rue Victor Cousin by Auguste Louis Lepère, impressionism, depicting a sunlit city street

La Rue Victor Cousin

Auguste Louis Lepère

A vibrant depiction of the restless Mediterranean Sea with Collioure's colorful town in the background.

Mer agitée à Collioure

Albert Marquet

Landscape with a river and forest by Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña, oil painting

Fagotière, mare et bord de clairière

Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña

A vibrant depiction of banana trees under bright sunlight, showcasing Renoir's exploration of color and light.

Champ de bananiers

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A tranquil scene featuring vertical pine trunks framing blue water, with a figure gazing at swimmers and boats.

Jardin au Pyla 02

Albert Marquet

The Beach at Saint-Mammès by Alfred Sisley, oil on canvas, depicting a tranquil riverside landscape

The Beach at Saint-Mammès

Alfred Sisley

Watercolour by Henri Rivière depicting serene fields and sky.

Champs en Chandesse Besse-en-Chandesse – Pertuyzat

Henri Rivière

Portrait of Napoleon III by Alexandre Cabanel, showcasing the emperor in a dignified pose.

Napoleon III

Alexandre Cabanel

Henri Fantin-Latour's 'Nature morte à la carafe' features a serene arrangement of objects.

Nature morte à la carafe

Henri Fantin-Latour

A still life painting featuring white narcissus, hyacinths, and tulips.

Narcisses blancs, jacinthes et tulipes

Henri Fantin-Latour

A winter scene of Marseille Harbor with figures under umbrellas and muted colors in the snow.

View of Marseille Harbor in Winter

Albert Marquet

Interior scene with light and furnishings, oil on canvas by Georges-Henri Manesse

Maison de Victor Hugo, rue du Cherche-Midi

Georges-Henri Manesse

A fragment of a painting by Renoir featuring vibrant flowers.

Narcisses—Fragment (Frise du second cadre de Madame de Galéa)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

A landscape painting by Paul Cézanne featuring trees and a serene setting.

Senke mit Bäumen

Paul Cézanne

A still life painting featuring narcissus, gillyflower, and primrose flowers.

Narcisses, giroflées et primevères

Henri Fantin-Latour

Post-Impressionism landscape by Maxime Maufra depicting a stormy sky and horizon

Le soir avant la pluie

Maxime Maufra

Genre scene in Place De La Madeleine, oil on canvas by Eugène Galien-Laloue

Place De La Madeleine

Eugène Galien-Laloue

A serene riverside scene depicting a figure by the Seine at Asnières.

A River Bank (The Seine at Asnières)

Georges Seurat

A woman is interrupted while reading in a serene setting.

Interrupted Reading

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

A still life painting featuring a brioche and walnuts by Raoul Dufy.

Nature morte à la brioche et aux noix

Raoul Dufy

A Woodland Study by Alphonse Legros, depicting a forest scene with light filtering through trees, oil painting.

A Woodland Study

Alphonse Legros

The Sheepfold by Charles Emile Jacque, oil painting of a shepherd tending his flock in a tranquil countryside.

The Sheepfold

Charles Emile Jacque

A colorful advertisement for Poncelet Lozenges by Jules Chéret.

Poncelet Lozenges (Pastilles Poncelet)

Jules Chéret

Avenue de Villiers by Amédée Joyau, oil on canvas depicting a vibrant Paris street.

Avenue de Villiers (Paris)

Amédée Joyau

A vibrant still life featuring an orange jug and various fruits.

Nature Morte À La Cruche Orange

Pierre Bonnard

Jacques Callot's painting 'Invidia' explores the theme of envy through vivid imagery.

Invidia (Envy)

Jacques Callot

A still life painting featuring vibrant fruits by Renoir.

Nature Morte Au Fruits

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Eugène Delacroix's 'Faust and Mephistopheles' captures a dramatic moment from the Faust legend.

Faust and Mephistopheles

Eugène Delacroix

A seated Chinese figure with crossed legs, captured in a moment of contemplation.

Vesin Chinese figure seated on bench, legs crossed

Honoré Daumier

A still life featuring a stoneware pot, apples, and pears on a table.

Nature morte au pot de grès

Paul Cézanne

A still life painting featuring apples and a pear by Renoir.

Nature morte aux pommes et à poire

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Henri Matisse's 'Nature morte' showcases vibrant colors and bold forms.

Nature morte

Henri Matisse

A painting of bathers by Paul Gauguin.

The Bathers

Paul Gauguin

A still life painting featuring a red mullet and an eel on a marble slab.

Nature morte, rouget et anguille

Édouard Manet

Henri Rivière's painting 'Quiberville' captures a serene coastal landscape.

Quiberville

Henri Rivière

Portrait of Irma Brunner by Édouard Manet.

Irma Brunner

Édouard Manet

A coastal scene depicting the breakwater at Trouville during low tide, with figures on the sand under a vast sky.

Breakwater at Trouville, Low Tide

Claude Monet

L’incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu en 1772, oil on canvas by Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet depicting a city in flames.

L’incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu en 1772

Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Raguenet

A painting depicting divine figures associated with agriculture.

Invocation to the Divinities who preside over Agriculture from Virgil’s “Georgics”

Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson

A still life painting featuring three clusters of grapes.

Nature Morte, Trois Grappes De Raisin

Pierre Bonnard

Spanish landscape by Georges Gaudion, impressionism, depicting lush greenery and vibrant colors.

Spanish landscape

Georges Gaudion

Marine scene with sailboats in harbor, oil painting by Henri Lebasque

Voiliers dans le port de Saint-Tropez

Henri Lebasque

A vibrant painting by Paul Gauguin featuring bold colors and figures.

Noanoa Pl.34

Paul Gauguin

This painting depicts a lively scene from the Folies-Bergère featuring a cannon man.

Folies-Bergère. Achilles, l’homme canon

Jules Chéret

A group of five women, three nude and one in a rose dress, cluster around a seated figure writing in a large book, with a red-draped male musician playing a cello nearby and a winged figure descending from above.

The Education of Marie de' Medici

Peter Paul Rubens

A painting showing two blooming water lilies with creamy petals floating among broad, rounded lily pads on a shimmering pond surface with visible brushstrokes.

Nympheas

Claude Monet

Georges Meunier's 'Scala' is an abstract painting featuring vibrant colors and geometric shapes.

Scala

Georges Meunier

A beautiful landscape painting by Claude Monet depicting the village of Vétheuil.

Vétheuil

Claude Monet

A solitary white goose in a Breton farmyard, painted with broad strokes by Paul Gauguin.

The Goose

Paul Gauguin

A charming depiction of a young flower seller in a vibrant setting.

Nénette, la petite marchande de fleurs

Jules Pascin

Landscape with People amid Ruins, etching by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, featuring figures and soft light.

Landscape with People amid Ruins

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

A Hilly Landscape by Lucien Pissarro, oil painting depicting rolling hills and a vibrant sky.

A Hilly Landscape

Lucien Pissarro

Buis-les-Baronnies, le vieux pont by Henri Rivière, depicting an ivy-covered bridge.

Buis-les-Baronnies, le vieux pont

Henri Rivière

Paul Gauguin's 'Breton girl spinning' depicts a young girl engaged in the act of spinning wool.

Breton girl spinning

Paul Gauguin

Figurative oil painting by Henry Moret depicting a woman by a river

Bretonne de Pont-Aven, les pieds dans la rivière

Henry Moret

A serene landscape painting by Claude Monet depicting the village of Vétheuil.

View of Vétheuil

Claude Monet

Field of poppies at dusk, oil painting by Henri Le Sidaner

Champ De Coqueliquots

Henri Le Sidaner

Femme à la rose

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Henri Rivière's painting depicts a dreamlike scene at the Trocadero.

Derriere l’elan de Fremiet (Trocadero)

Henri Rivière

Douarnenez in Sunshine, oil on canvas by Maxime Maufra, depicting a tranquil seaside with sunlight reflections.

Douarnenez in Sunshine

Maxime Maufra

A portrait of a man by Honoré Daumier.

Demesmay

Honoré Daumier

A colorful depiction of a clown in a lively setting.

The Clown

Jules Chéret

A young woman reclines on a chaise longue, gazing playfully at the viewer.

Reclining Girl

François Boucher

A textured painting of Rouen Cathedral’s Gothic façade bathed in sunlight with soft blues, yellows, and violet brushstrokes blending architectural details.

Rouen Cathedral, the Façade in Sunlight

Claude Monet

Portrait of Nicolas Poussin by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.

Nicolas Poussin

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

A striking painting featuring a skull entwined with roses and a woman's torso.

It Is a Skull Wreathed with Roses. It Dominates a Woman’s Torso of Pearly Whiteness

Odilon Redon

Femme en rouge dans un paysage, oil painting by Ker-Xavier Roussel featuring a woman in red in a landscape.

Femme en rouge dans un paysage

Ker-Xavier Roussel

Amedeo Modigliani's 'Bride and groom' features a couple in a close yet distant pose, embodying intimacy and solitude.

Bride and groom

Amedeo Modigliani

Clusters of pink and white water lilies float among green pads on a blue and purple pond surface with visible brushstrokes.

Water Lilies

Claude Monet

A beautiful still life painting featuring a vase of flowers.

Vase of Flowers

Odilon Redon

Rococo interior with wine barrels and statues by Hubert Robert

Weinlager in einer Nischenhalle mit vier Statuen antiker Gottheiten

Hubert Robert