Public Domain Watercolor Painting with a Bouquet of Roses
This antique watercolor painting features a bouquet of Roses.
The bunch of Flowers are wrapped in white paper that has the date 1878.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Bouquet of Flowers with a Butterfly
This drawing features a classic bouquet of flowers and a butterfly.
It was made with watercolor paints and chalk.
The colors are dull and muted; giving the image a soft antique look.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Public Domain Watercolor of a Pear Cactus In Bloom
Here is a wonderful watercolor and gouache painting featuring
a Pear Cactus with a Yellow Flower.
The Opuntia are more well known as the "Prickly Pear" cactus
and their "leaves" are 88% water.
This would make a nice art print.
It can go well with themes such as:
American Indian, Desert, Flowering Plants, Mexico,
Native American, Pueblo, Southwest,
Spanish, as well as
Western and Wild West themes.
Colors are:
Greens and Yellows with Solid background of aged white paper.
Original Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Bird Among the Peonies Stencil
This stencil is held together with silk threads.
This type of stencil was used in Japan to dye textiles in a process known as
Katagami.
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128
These Panels feature a vase of flowers in a pattern called "The Tree of Life".
Looks like a heart to me :)
Urns were a common theme included in classical artwork as well as the decades just before and after 1900.
Because the urn is with "The Tree of Life"; it is likely a symbol celebrating life.
(If you would like to read a short piece about how urns were seen as positive images;
I found a great explanation on the "Bienenstock Furniture Library".)
Photo Source:Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128
Mechanical Valentine with Kaleidoscope Movement
This Valentine features a pull / push tab that makes the image change.
The center image changes from a circle of flowers and ribbons to
flying Cherubs among the clouds.
Below is a closer look at parts of this card
A column of flower blooms are drawn next to a column with
circles of leaves with flowers inside.
This is a nice piece for creating page borders.
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
This flower study features a Rose, a Heartease, a Sweet Pea, a Garden Pea,
and a Lax- flowered Orchid.
It will make a nice art print just as it is or,
soften the edges for a more romantic mood.
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
This Victorian style flower illustration features
Roses and other flowers tied with tassels.
It would make a nice border or bookmark.
Source: RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Lady Reading Framed with Flowers
Music, Books, & New-year's 1903
This appears to be a poster ad.
It feature a woman reading a book, she is surrounded with a frame of flowers.
The flowers through her hair unify the image so that the
frame of flowers does not distract by standing out on its own.
A stringed musical instrument and music sheets are along the bottom.
There are hints of the New-year with stars and hints of
Christmas with round bulb-like circles.
A dreamy, fantasy feeling is created with her hair flowing in the breeze.
Her clothing repeats the silky flowing movement.
Bookmarks hanging down and the strings below that hang from the instrument
give the mind the illusion that the stars between are hanging from the sky.
Source:
RIJKS Museum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
©: listed as Public Domain with CC1.0 license
More information about CC1.0 can be found here:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Large Pink Flowers and Fancy Writing
This pretty flowering plant is also called a burning bush because
the oil it secretes is highly flammable!
Fraxinella (Dictamnus albus)
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
Designs for Stained glass tend to be tall and narrow so they are good sources for making bookmarks and ephemera that can be placed into the pockets of junk journals.
Ideas for ways to use this image:
Bookmarks, Tags, Ephemera, Card fronts
Source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
ABC's and Letters inside a border frame of two different flower patterns
This frame would make a good Coloring Page
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Sited as Public Domain, with
Open Access under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
More pretty red flowers.
These are the flowering buds of Acer Rubrum otherwise known as a
Red Maple Tree
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
This illustration is of a plant with delicate red flowers
The name of these flowers is
Parry's Penstemon
(Penstemon parryi)
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Source: Smithsonian Online Collection
©: listed as Public Domain with CC0 license
This photo has a Frame of Blue and Gray Flowers.
You might like the scene in the center also.
It shows a person walking who appears to be on a pilgrimage accompanied by a dog.
The walker and dog are shown within the shape of a sacred heart.
The Bottom section reminds me of artwork found on ceramic tiles.
The image inside is can be replaced with blank space to make room for journal writing.
Wellcome Collection
©: listed as under Public Domain w/ CC mark 1.0
CC Mark 1.0 info can be found here
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Cool Set of images with center image of Monkeys planting flowers into flowerpots.
Other images here are a Garland of Fruit, Fruit Trees, Birds, Pineapple plant, Dogs, Potted Flowers.
This Genealogy map is inside a frame shaped like a Heart.
Print it as it is or run it through your photo editing software to
remove the names and replace them with your own family names.
Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license
Source: The Art Institute of Chicago
©: Listed as Open Access, Public Domain with CC0 license
