Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 – 1890) Irises, 1889, Oil on canvas The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Getty Museum’s Open Content project makes 4,600 pieces of art freely available to download
The Getty Museum new Open Content Program has made some 4,600 pieces of art from the museum’s collection free to use. Users can visit the Getty Search Gateway to browse through the entire collection of high-resolution images, and they can all be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes so long as they’re properly attributed to the museum. When downloading an image, the site also asks for you to share why you’re using it — information the museum wants to see the many reasons that people have for downloading its content.
Amongst the many freely available pieces of art released by Getty are a number of quite famous images, including work by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Leonardo da Vinci. The 4,600 pieces of artwork available are just the beginning, as well. Getty says that it’s actively exploring the possibility of releasing much more art into the public domain, both from the museum’s collection as well as materials from the Getty Research Institute’s special collections. Via The Verge
