Paintings for Black Walls (page 10)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 433 to 480 of 1,211.

This painting shows a landscape with tall, blue, snow-capped mountains in the distance. There are blue and purple clouds in the yellow sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey View of Mt. Washington, 1881 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850, oil on panel

Théodore Rousseau Landscape, c. 1850 Art Institute of Chicago

The Adoration of the Magi, Bartolo di Fredi, ca. 1390, tempera and gold on wood

Bartolo di Fredi The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1390 The Met

We look across an expanse of a flat, grassy lawn at the towering spire of a stone church outlined against billowing clouds in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, 1820 National Gallery of Art

A river winds through forest-green trees and vegetation between rolling hills and mountains extending into the deep distance under a pale, orchid-purple sky in this nearly square landscape painting.

Thomas Gainsborough Mountain Landscape with Bridge, c. 1783/1784 National Gallery of Art

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris, Henri Rousseau, c. 1893/95, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris, c. 1893/95 Art Institute of Chicago

Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa, George Inness, 1876, oil on canvas

George Inness Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa, 1876 The Met

Portrait of a Young Woman, Edgar Degas, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1885 The Met

Sunset on the River Oise, Charles-François Daubigny, 1866, oil on wood panel

Charles-François Daubigny Sunset on the River Oise, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

Livestock, woodland animals, and about a dozen people cluster in groups throughout a densely wooded landscape with rocky outcroppings and the ruins of a round structure in this horizontal painting. The people all appear to have light skin.

Roelandt Savery Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1624 National Gallery of Art

The Muse: History, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot The Muse: History, ca. 1865 The Met

The Glorification of the Eucharist, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630–32, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens The Glorification of the Eucharist, ca. 1630–32 The Met

Four people wearing earthy brown gather near a stream that runs through a lush forest carpeted and filled with moss, pine, and sage green trees and undergrowth, interlaced with thin, willowy tree trunks in this horizontal landscape…

Camille Corot The Eel Gatherers, 1860/1865 National Gallery of Art

The Nativity, Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406–10, tempera and gold on wood

Lorenzo Monaco The Nativity, ca. 1406–10 The Met

The painting depicts a landscape with a field, trees, and a dramatic cloudy sky. Grass, rocks, and a group of large trees are visible in the center of the composition.

Jules Dupré The Old Oak, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

Wrestlers in a Circus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909, oil on canvas

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Wrestlers in a Circus, 1909 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Young Girl with Daisies, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1889, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir A Young Girl with Daisies, 1889 The Met

The Adoration of the Magi, Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320, tempera on wood, gold ground

Giotto di Bondone The Adoration of the Magi, possibly ca. 1320 The Met

We look onto the side of a rowboat crowded with nine men trying to save a pale, nude young man who flails in the water in front of us as a shark approaches, mouth agape, from our right in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark, 1778 National Gallery of Art

Forest Stream with Vista, Asher Brown Durand, 1872, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Forest Stream with Vista, 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

Three whole, green pears against a caramel-brown background fill this horizontal still life painting. The painting was created with long, parallel, visible brushstrokes throughout, and a strip of unpainted canvas lines the top edge.

Paul Cézanne Three Pears, 1878/1879 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797), Henry Raeburn, ca. 1794, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797), ca. 1794 The Met

Portrait of My Daughter Alice, William Merritt Chase, c. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Portrait of My Daughter Alice, c. 1895 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the waist up, a pale-skinned, round-cheeked young boy wears a brocade red and gold garment and hat in this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger Edward VI as a Child, probably 1538 National Gallery of Art

We look across a waterlogged path at a line of rust-red and bronze-brown trees that nearly span the width of this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, which creates a blurred look.

Théodore Rousseau After the Rain, c. 1850 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, 1871–73, oil on panel

James McNeill Whistler Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, 1871–73 Art Institute of Chicago

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1866 The Met

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, Thomas Eakins, 1900, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, 1900 The Met

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar, 1898 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a group of potted pansies. There is a large basket filled with yellow pansies on the left, surrounded by at least four smaller terracotta pots on the right containing purple, white, blue, and orange pansies.

Henri Fantin-Latour Pansies, 1874 National Gallery of Art

In a beige room, a group of light-skinned men of various ages and a young boy clap as a figure in tattered clothing at center, his back to the viewer, dances and holds a tin cup in the air.

William Sidney Mount Bar-room Scene, 1835 Art Institute of Chicago

A light-skinned woman in a long, shiny white dress sits at a desk reading a book. The book is propped on a large red pillow. Her head is propped in her hand.

Thomas Lawrence Isabella Wolff, 1803–15 Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Flowers, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1880, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Summer Flowers, 1880 The Met

We stand on a beach lined with black rocks and boulders looking out onto the water below a brick-red sky that dominates this nearly square landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Black Rocks at Trouville, 1865/1866 National Gallery of Art

Édouard Vuillard Woman Sitting by the Fireside, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

A barefoot man wearing tattered clothing, with his hands clasped at his chest, kneels at the feet of an old, bearded man in this almost square painting. The pair is flanked by five people on our right and a man, boy, and calf on our left.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667/1670 National Gallery of Art

Harvest Scene, Winslow Homer, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873 The Met

Man in a Green Coat, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1779–85, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Man in a Green Coat, ca. 1779–85 The Met

A Meadow Bordered by Trees, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1845–60, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau A Meadow Bordered by Trees, ca. 1845–60 The Met

This painting features a woman from the waist up, her body angled slightly to the right, looking out at us. She has pale skin with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, arched gray eyebrows, and pink lips that are slightly upturned.

Gilbert Stuart Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston), 1800 National Gallery of Art

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, ca. 1765–68 The Met

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a large group of people with light skin dressed in draping fabric in shades of red, yellow, blue, and purple.

Benjamin West Telemachus and Calypso, c. 1809 National Gallery of Art

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, ca. 1449, tempera, silver, and gold on wood

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, ca. 1449 The Met

Hulking mountains are mostly backlit against a watery blue sky edged with shell pink along the horizon, which comes about two-thirds of the way up this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Sunrise in the Catskills, 1826 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman standing outdoors, facing the left. She has pale skin, and her face is in shadow, obscured by a wide-brimmed flat white hat with a red stripe around the edge, tied with a black bow behind her head.

Eastman Johnson Lambs, Nantucket, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Captain John Gell, Gilbert Stuart, 1785, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Captain John Gell, 1785 The Met

About a dozen women and men, all with pale or suntanned skin, work in a field harvesting grain in this horizontal painting. The women wear long skirts and aprons, and some wear cloths tied around their heads.

Jules Breton The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 National Gallery of Art

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