Paintings for Black Walls (page 13)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 577 to 624 of 1,211.

We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with four men aboard in this horizontal painting. Dark, iron-gray and tawny-brown clouds approaching from the right fill the top two-thirds of the composition.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Junction of the Thames and the Medway, 1807 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a vast autumn scene with two very small figures in Indigenous clothing standing on a cliff overlooking a massive waterfall in the distance.

Thomas Cole Distant View of Niagara Falls, 1830 Art Institute of Chicago

A pale-skinned child wearing a short-sleeved red dress and a white bonnet stands before a shadowy green forest under dark clouds in this vertical portrait painting. The child’s over-large head is out of scale with the rest of her body.

Edward Hicks Portrait of a Child, c. 1840 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman sitting, her body facing the left and her head turned to look at us, with one arm resting on a wooden surface on the right.

Camille Corot Italian Woman (La Morieri), c. 1872 National Gallery of Art

The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1751–52, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia, ca. 1751–52 The Met

Madonna and Child with Saints, Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1505–10, tempera and oil on wood

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child with Saints, ca. 1505–10 The Met

Bullfight in a Divided Ring, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Bullfight in a Divided Ring, ca. 1810 The Met

This painting shows a portrait of a woman, depicted from the thighs up. She is seated with her body and head facing forward.

Amedeo Modigliani Madame Amédée (Woman with Cigarette), 1918 National Gallery of Art

Robert Henri Young Woman in White, 1904 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman sitting at a round table. She has fair skin, sharp cheekbones, thick eyebrows, and pale lips with one side of her mouth raised in a partial smile. She has short brown hair with bangs across her forehead.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec A la Bastille (Jeanne Wenz), 1888 National Gallery of Art

The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818–?1906, and Laura Anne, 1820–1894), Thomas Lawrence, 1823, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818–?1906, and Laura Anne, 1820–1894), 1823 The Met

Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors, Fra Filippo Lippi, 1440s, tempera on wood, gold ground

Fra Filippo Lippi Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors, 1440s The Met

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown.

Meindert Hobbema The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665 Art Institute of Chicago

A pale-skinned woman wearing a long, rose-pink gown sits amid a lush landscape in this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s body is angled to our left, but she turns her head to look at us with green eyes under dark brows.

Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1785-1787 National Gallery of Art

Sarah Shippen Lea (Mrs. Thomas Lea), Gilbert Stuart, c. 1798, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Sarah Shippen Lea (Mrs. Thomas Lea), c. 1798 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows two large pears on a white tablecloth. The pear on the left is a pinkish color and sits directly on the cloth. The pear on the right is yellow, and it rests on a white plate next to a small knife.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Two Pears on a Tabletop, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a light-skinned woman with deeply flushed cheeks sits in an armchair, looking at us from under raised and pointed eyebrows in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams), 1800/1815 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait painting of a woman. She is seated with her body turned slightly to the right, while her head is facing forward towards the viewer. She has a gentle expression with slightly raised eyebrows.

Henry Raeburn Mrs. George Hill, c. 1790/1800 National Gallery of Art

The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man facing forward with his body tilted slightly to the left. He wears a brown coat over a teal waistcoat and a white ruffled shirt is visible at the cuffs and neckline.

Jeremiah Theus Mr. Motte, c. 1760 National Gallery of Art

A River in a Meadow, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1840, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau A River in a Meadow, ca. 1840 The Met

Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1652–53, oil on canvas

Aelbert Cuyp Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639–1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638–1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman, ca. 1652–53 The Met

Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1815, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, c. 1815 Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Ladies of the Village, Gustave Courbet, 1851–52, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Young Ladies of the Village, 1851–52 The Met

A young woman, holding a knife and vegetable in her lap and wearing a clay-brown jacket over a long, poppy-red skirt, sits on a wooden ladderback chair angled to our right in the center of this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Kitchen Maid, 1738 National Gallery of Art

Friar Pedro Wrests the Gun from El Maragato, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya Friar Pedro Wrests the Gun from El Maragato, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

An older girl and a younger child, both with pale skin, bend toward each other as they look at a book spread open on a wooden cupboard in this nearly square painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Little Schoolmistress, after 1740 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, a young, pale-skinned woman faces and looks out at us with a slight smile on her lips in this vertical portrait painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Mademoiselle de Fitz-James, 1867 National Gallery of Art

The Annunciation, Hans Memling, 1480–89, oil on panel, transferred to canvas

Hans Memling The Annunciation, 1480–89 The Met

This vertical portrait painting shows the head and shoulders of a person with pale peach skin and an auburn, cheek-length bob hairstyle. The person has high cheek bones, deep pink lips, and an angular, pointed chin.

Amedeo Modigliani Madame Kisling, c. 1917 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, a woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a dark corset and white fabric over her shoulders, looks down at needlework in her hands in this vertical painting.

Diego Velázquez The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650 National Gallery of Art

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, Théodore Géricault, 1818, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818 The Met

A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped on a pillow against a pile of hay in a shed-like structure in this round painting.

Sandro Botticelli The Virgin Adoring the Child, 1480/1490 National Gallery of Art

A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto The Nativity, 1523 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the hips up against a sable-brown background, a pale-skinned woman stands cradling an apple with both hands at her waist in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Woman Holding an Apple, c. 1550 National Gallery of Art

Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer, 1872, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Snap the Whip, 1872 The Met

Two Women, Paul Gauguin, 1901 or 1902, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Two Women, 1901 or 1902 The Met

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), Edgar Degas, 1865, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865 The Met

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490–95 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting is a portrait of a woman, her torso facing slightly to the left, her face looking directly at us. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, and red lips in a subtle smile.

Thomas Gainsborough Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man standing upright, his body slightly turned to the right.

Francisco de Goya Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman, c. 1799/1800 National Gallery of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch, Benjamin West, 1791, oil on paper mounted on wood

Benjamin West British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791 Cleveland Museum of Art

Two young boys sit side by side on some boulders with a cloudy sky behind them and dark tree branches above in this vertical portrait painting.

Henry Raeburn The Binning Children, probably c. 1811 National Gallery of Art

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, Asher Brown Durand, c. 1849, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, probably 1733/1734 National Gallery of Art

Roman Landscape, Arnold Böcklin, ca. 1850–52, oil on canvas, several pieces joined

Arnold Böcklin Roman Landscape, ca. 1850–52 The Met

A blue and white bowl overflowing with grapes, two loose bunches of grapes, and a vivid pink carnation lie on a white tablecloth against a dark brown background in this still life painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Grapes and a Carnation, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, Thomas Cole, 1838, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838 Cleveland Museum of Art

Light pours over a woman and a dozen children of different ages standing in small groups near a boxy, red schoolhouse in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer School Time, c. 1874 National Gallery of Art

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