Paintings for Black Walls (page 12)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 529 to 576 of 1,211.

From far below, we look up at an older man with standing on a cliff edge or rocky ledge with his arms raised as he turns his head to gaze up to a second man and winged, child-like angels surrounded by clouds in the sky above in this square…

Titian Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos, c. 1553/1555 National Gallery of Art

Ecce Agnus Dei, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Ecce Agnus Dei, c. 1655 Art Institute of Chicago

This is a painting of a woman who is depicted from the waist up. She is positioned sitting or leaning with her head turned to the right. She has pale-yellow skin, and her facial features include red lips and dark eyebrows.

Daniel Gardner The Hon. Mrs. Gray, c. 1785/1790 National Gallery of Art

The Agony in the Garden, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil on wood

Raphael The Agony in the Garden, ca. 1504 The Met

Shown from the shins up, a woman with medium-toned skin plays a mandolin in this loosely painted vertical composition. The woman’s body faces us but her head tips to our left and she looks down in that direction with dark eyes.

Camille Corot Gypsy Woman with Mandolin, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

Near a verdant riverbank against soaring, hazy cliffs, a nude, chubby baby sits in a golden boat on a bed of pink and white flowers in this horizontal painting.

Thomas Cole The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842 National Gallery of Art

Washington Allston, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1819–20, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Washington Allston, ca. 1819–20 The Met

Weaning the Calves, Rosa Bonheur, 1879, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur Weaning the Calves, 1879 The Met

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1730–35, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, 1730–35 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a seated woman, her head turned slightly to the right. She has fair skin with rosy cheeks, pale eyebrows, a long nose, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression.

Benjamin West Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. William Beckford), 1799 National Gallery of Art

Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham, Benjamin West, c. 1797, oil on canvas

Benjamin West Elizabeth, Countess of Effingham, c. 1797 National Gallery of Art

The Aegean Sea, Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church The Aegean Sea, ca. 1877 The Met

Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill from Campo Vaccino, François Boucher, early 1730s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Imaginary Landscape with the Palatine Hill from Campo Vaccino, early 1730s The Met

Gnarled, ash-brown roots woven through a muddy, rocky bank and sprays of dark green leaves fill this loosely painted, horizontal landscape. Touches of spring green in the lower right corner suggest ground cover.

John Singer Sargent Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca, 1908 National Gallery of Art

Dozens of men, women, and a few children gather in groups amid a grassy landscape with a mountain in the distance in this horizontal painting. All of the people have pale or ruddy skin and wear flowing cloaks over long tunics or gowns.

Jacopo Tintoretto The Worship of the Golden Calf, c. 1594 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts three individuals in a room. An elderly man is seated on a wooden chair, reading a newspaper, with a child standing beside him. The man has balding gray hair, round spectacles, and is dressed in a black suit.

Eastman Johnson The Brown Family, 1869 National Gallery of Art

A man with pale skin, wearing a gold-embroidered amber-yellow jacket and tomato-red pants, stands in front of a rocky outcropping with a distant view beyond in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Henri II de Lorraine, c. 1634 National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, Raphael, ca. 1504, oil and gold on wood

Raphael Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, ca. 1504 The Met

Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1867, oil on fabric

Henri Fantin-Latour Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Impressionist painting of woman wearing green dress trying on hats.

Edgar Degas The Millinery Shop, 1879-86 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across a stream and through a loose screen of shadowy trees at a sunlit farm under a powder-blue sky with towering, puffy clouds in this vertical landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Farm in the Sunlight, 1668 National Gallery of Art

Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade), Édouard Manet, 1862–72, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade), 1862–72 Art Institute of Chicago

Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter), Gilbert Stuart, 1808/c. 1825, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Charlotte Morton Dexter (Mrs. Andrew Dexter), 1808/c. 1825 National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child, Hans Memling, c. 1485, oil on panel

Hans Memling Virgin and Child, c. 1485 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory, Peter Paul Rubens, 1619, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory, 1619 The Met

Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, Jean-François Millet, 1864, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

A bearded and balding man with deeply tanned skin, dressed only in a strip of robin’s egg-blue fabric around his shoulders and hips, sits reading a book on a rock at the entrance to a craggy cave, in front of a landscape in this vertical…

Giovanni Bellini Saint Jerome Reading, 1505 National Gallery of Art

A Man Leaning on a Parapet, Georges Seurat, ca. 1881, oil on wood

Georges Seurat A Man Leaning on a Parapet, ca. 1881 The Met

A man wearing loose, ivory-white clothing stands flanked by two groups of people in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale or peachy skin except for one person, who may have a brown mask.

Antoine Watteau The Italian Comedians, probably 1720 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of an auction scene featuring an auctioneer and an audience. The painting shows a group of people watching an auctioneer gesturing towards a framed artwork displayed on an easel.

Honoré Daumier At the Gallery Drouot, after 1863-before 1873 National Gallery of Art

Shown under an ornately carved stone arch, a young woman holds a baby on her lap as she sits on a curving gold chair flanked by two kneeling angels in this vertical painting. All of the people have pale skin.

Hans Memling Madonna and Child with Angels, after 1479 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal painting shows a tapestry being unfurled and held up by winged, baby-like putti against a structure with gray and gold columns, seen at the edges of the composition.

Peter Paul Rubens The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, c. 1626 National Gallery of Art

Autumn Meadows, George Inness, 1869, oil on canvas

George Inness Autumn Meadows, 1869 The Met

Bouquet in a Chinese Vase, Odilon Redon, ca. 1912–14, oil on canvas

Odilon Redon Bouquet in a Chinese Vase, ca. 1912–14 The Met

The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, Camille Corot, c. 1860–75, oil on fabric

Camille Corot The Pond at the Entrance of the Woods, c. 1860–75 Cleveland Museum of Art

Matthew Clarkson, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1794, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Matthew Clarkson, ca. 1794 The Met

The Two Sisters, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769–70, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Two Sisters, ca. 1769–70 The Met

The painting displays a dark green field stretching into the distance. A line of trees and small, indistinct structures can be seen near the center of the painting.

George Inness Harvest Moon, 1891 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows the upper body of a woman seated in a chair. She is wearing a white bonnet with ruffled edges, covering her wavy, light brown hair. Her facial features include fair skin, thin lips, a long nose, and a pointed chin.

Gilbert Stuart Sarah Homes Tappan (Mrs. Benjamin Tappan), 1814 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows three large peaches on a round white plate. The peaches are in shades of red, pink, and light yellow, and they cast dark shadows on the plate. The plate rests on a brown surface which fills the background of the image.

Henri Fantin-Latour Three Peaches on a Plate, 1868 National Gallery of Art

Evening in the Woods, Worthington Whittredge, 1876, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Evening in the Woods, 1876 The Met

Adoration of the Magi, Titian, 1500s, oil on canvas

Titian Adoration of the Magi, 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art

Orchid Blossoms, Martin Johnson Heade, 1873, oil on canvas

Martin Johnson Heade Orchid Blossoms, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting shows a woman's figure from the waist up, seated, and her body is turned slightly to our left. Her head is turned to face the viewer.

Charles Willson Peale Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White), 1788 National Gallery of Art

Four women with musical instruments lounge in a massive garden courtyard.

Carl Blechen The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam, 1834 Art Institute of Chicago

View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, Thomas Cole, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, 1836–37 The Met

A golden yellow melon painted with thick strokes of straw and butter yellow with touches of camel brown sits at the center of a wooden table with a blue top in this almost square still life painting.

Édouard Manet The Melon, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a group of people gathered along the bank of a river that winds around a copse of tall trees to our left, past a hill to our right, and into the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Lorrain Landscape with Merchants, c. 1629 National Gallery of Art

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