Dark & Black Paintings

About Midnight Black in Art

From the rich midnight black grounds of Baroque painting to the expressive brushwork of the Impressionists, this tone has shaped centuries of Western and Eastern art. Browse our collection of 174+ works where midnight black plays a leading role — all freely downloadable under the CC0 public domain licence.

Example works in this collection

• Munch – The Hospital Room (1885–86) | Early Oil Painting
• Munch – Rose and Amelie, 1893 | Symbolist Oil Portrait
• Munch – In the Tavern (1890) | Norwegian Expressionist Oil
• Munch – Model in the Garden | 1930 Late Period Oil
• Munch – Birgit Prestøe in the Garden | Late Expressionist Oil
• Munch – Coastal Landscape, 1918 | Expressionist Oil

All images are CC0 — free to download, print, and use commercially without attribution.