Small Yellow Bird, 2001 (oil on canvas) by Aitchison, Craigie (b.1926)
Bridgeman Art Library represents thousands of image suppliers - more than any other agency - including:
artists museums
galleries libraries
institutions universities
stately homes auctioneers
photographers picture libraries
private collections
Often, we photograph their work specifically to make their images available for reproduction. Bridgeman pioneered the model of returning a percentage of licensed income to partner image suppliers to help them conserve and exhibit their works.
The Bridgeman Artists' Copyright Service (BACS)
The Bridgeman Artists' Copyright Service is a service to artists and their estates to administer their copyright and sell reproduction licenses for their work. Our clients benefit from being able to pay in a single transaction for a reasonably priced license for both artist and photographic copyright.
An Hour at Ower, Hampshire, 1914 by Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961)/ Private Collection
Artists and their estates join BACS in order to take advantage of our expertise and commercial awareness. Working with Bridgeman gives them the unique ability to have their copyright licensing policed and their images promoted to our international client base.
Some artists place a selection of images with us and grant us rights to license those specific images at our discretion. Others place their whole copyright with us for administration. This flexibility in working with artists’ differing preferences has allowed us to build up a body of images that clients find compelling.
Park Group I, 1990 (oil on canvas) by Schwartz, Daniel Bennett (Contemporary Artist)
New artists at the forefront of the art scene, yet with commercial appeal, are being sourced all the time and can rely on us to ensure their art work is used in an ethical, sensitive way without being involved in the process - meaning less hassle for image buyers.
- Over 500 contemporary artists with over 17,000 works
- Easy image clearance - copyright cleared on your behalf
- 'One stop shop' for image buyers - from image selection to licensing and rights
Leisure Hours, 1684 (oil on canvas) by Sir John Everett Millais (1829-96)/ The Detroit Institute of Arts, USA/ Founders Society Purchase, R.H. Tannahill Foundation fund
For over thirty-five years the Bridgeman Art Library has been working with museums from around the world. From large museums to galleries, historical societies to universities, many of the treasures in these collections had never been made readily accessible to a wider audience until they were photographed specifically for Bridgeman to make available for reproduction. As with the artists we represent, Bridgeman passes along 50% of the reproduction fee back to the museum or collection in order to provide vital revenue for conservation and future exhibitions.