Art forms

Painting

Oil, mural, ink, drawing, and works on paper.

Collected resources in Painting. · 815 resources

United States · National

Smithsonian Open Access

Smithsonian Open Access gathers public-domain images, 3D models, and metadata from multiple museums, downloadable under CC0 terms for reuse in research, teaching, and open data projects.

FreePaintingOfficial
si.eduEnglishMay be unstable

United Kingdom · National

Art UK

Art UK brings together paintings, sculpture, and prints held by public collections across Britain, searchable by artist, place, and collection, with stories and learning resources for schools and researchers.

FreePaintingOfficial
artuk.orgEnglishMay be unstable

France · National

Gallica

Gallica is the Bibliothèque nationale de France's digital library, offering prints, photographs, manuscripts, maps, and newspapers with public-domain downloads, thematic browsing, and curated dossiers for research and teaching.

FreePaintingOfficial
gallica.bnf.frFrench / EnglishMay be unstable

Italy · National

Internet Culturale

Internet Culturale is Italy's digital library portal, aggregating manuscripts, prints, photographs, and digitised collections from libraries nationwide, with search by institution, subject, and document type.

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internetculturale.itItalian / EnglishMay be unstable

Spain · National

Biblioteca Digital Hispánica

The Hispanic Digital Library from Spain's National Library offers high-resolution manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps, and books, browsable by subject and period, with downloads for research and teaching.

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bdh.bne.esSpanish / EnglishMay be unstable

Germany · National

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, maintained by Foto Marburg, indexes photographs of sculpture, architecture, and paintings, supporting object research, site documentation, and comparative visual study.

FreePhotographyOfficial
bildindex.deGermanMay be unstable

Japan · National

ColBase

A joint collections database for four National Institutes for Cultural Heritage museums in Japan, searchable by category, period, and keyword, with high-resolution images and detailed object records.

FreePaintingOfficial
colbase.nich.go.jpJapanese / English

Brazil · National

Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

An online encyclopedia of Brazilian art and culture with entries on artists, works, institutions and exhibitions, plus images, interviews, an educator section and links to archival records.

FreePaintingOfficial
itaucultural.org.brPortuguese

India · National

Museum of Art & Photography

MAP in Bengaluru focuses on photography and visual culture, with an online catalogue of tens of thousands of images and artworks alongside exhibitions, publications and public programmes.

FreemiumPhotographyOfficial
map-india.orgEnglish / KN / HI

Switzerland · National

SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland

SIKART is the Swiss art-history lexicon and database, with artist biographies, works, literature, and institutional records for tracing Swiss art across regions, languages, and periods.

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sikart.chGerman / French / ItalianMay be unstable

Poland · Regional

Virtual Museums of Małopolska

A regional digitisation platform for museums in Małopolska that combines object records, 3D models, and themed guided tours from several institutions into one searchable website.

FreePaintingOfficial
muzea.malopolska.plPolishMay be unstable

Lithuania · National

Lithuanian National Museum of Art

The Lithuanian National Museum of Art coordinates the national gallery and its branch museums, offering collection search plus exhibition schedules and opening hours for each venue.

FreePaintingOfficial
ndg.ltLithuanian / EnglishMay be unstable

Ecuador · National

Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana

Ecuador's national cultural institution in Quito coordinates museums, libraries and a film archive, with public exhibition listings, research publications, a national museum directory and free digital archive access.

FreePaintingOfficial
casadelacultura.gob.ecSpanish / English

Fiji · National

Fiji Museum Collections

The online collections gateway of the Fiji Museum in Suva, with records for canoes, pottery, textiles, and colonial-era photographs, set in the Thurston Gardens. It is free to browse.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
fijimuseum.org.fjEnglish / FJ

Vatican City · National

DigiVatLib

DigiVatLib is the Vatican Apostolic Library's digitisation portal, offering high-resolution manuscripts, incunabula, coins, and archival documents searchable by shelfmark, with IIIF images and scholarly citation for study.

FreePrintmakingOfficial
digi.vatlib.itItalian / EnglishMay be unstable

Bahamas · National

D'Aguilar Art Foundation

The D'Aguilar Art Foundation in Nassau holds Bahamian painting and prints, with exhibitions, artist archives, appointment-based visits, collection highlights, and visitor information online for researchers.

FreePaintingOfficial
daguilarartfoundation.comEnglish

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