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Here is a selection of artists who died in 1954, and whose copyright in Europe expired on 31 December 2024.

 

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Claude Cahun (1894-1954) French artist

 

Self portrait, 1928 (b/w photo), Claude Cahun
Self portrait, 1928 (b/w photo), Claude Cahun/ © Jersey Heritage Trust / Bridgeman Images

 

Andre Derain (1880-1954) French artist

 

french painter andre derain
ANDRE DERAIN (1880-1954) French painter (b/w photo), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Granger / Bridgeman Images

 

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Mexican artist

 

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) with one of her artworks behind her / Bridgeman Images

 

Alberto Martini (1876-1954), Italian artist

 

Illustration of the Thirty-fourth canto of the Inferno. The three-headed demon Lucifer devours the lost souls of Judas, Brutus and Cassius, on the border of Hell
Illustration of the Thirty-fourth canto of the Inferno. The three-headed demon Lucifer devours the lost souls of Judas, Brutus and Cassius, on the border of Hell / Mondadori Portfolio/Electa/Marta Carenzi / Bridgeman Images

 

Henri Matisse (1869-1954), French artist 

 

French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) during exhibition in Paris in september 1945
French Painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) during Exhibition in Paris in September 1945 (b/w photo) Photo © AGIP / Bridgeman Images

 

Sophia Rosamond Praeger (1867-1954), Irish artist

 

Illustration for The Tale of the Little Twin Dragons de S Rosamond Praeger
Illustration for Little Twin Dragons by S Rosamond Praeger (colour litho) © Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images

 

Thomas Heath Robinson, (1869-1954) British artist

 

Nelson on the "Victory" at Trafalgar
Nelson on the "Victory" at Trafalgar. Illustration for My Book of True Stories (Blackie, c 1910) / © Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images

 

Harry George Theaker (1873-1954) British artist

 

Prince Feroze-Shah Awakes the Beautiful Princess, illustration from 'Children's Stories from the Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf
Prince Feroze-Shah Awakes the Beautiful Princess, illustration from 'Children's Stories from the Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf, c.1920 (colour litho) / Bridgeman Images

 

Ugo Monneret de Villard(1881-1954) Italian artist

 

Mosque of al-Mashhad al-Bahari
Mosque of al-Mashhad al-Bahari, near Aswan, Egypt, photograph by Ugo Monneret de Villard, 1929-1934 © Fototeca Inasa/NPL - DeA Picture Library / Bridgeman Images

 

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Currently, all the following European countries protect copyright for the duration of the artist's life and 70 years after his death: Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal.

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