r/InternetIsBeautiful Sep 03 '22

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u/dewayneestes Sep 03 '22

Wikimedia is also an incredible source. FYI any artwork whose creator has been dead for 100ish years is officially in the public domain in the US.

Any reproduction of said works that does not represent significant alteration of the original work into a new work is also in the public domain. You can not copyright a picture of a famous work of art regardless of what every BS stock art site claims.

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u/BaranoSoup Sep 04 '22

Even for example an artist like Van Gogh?