Paintings for Black Walls (page 6)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 241 to 288 of 1,211.

The image shows a riverside scene with various activities. The horizon has green hills with trees. Villagers and tipis are on both sides of the riverbanks. Canoes filled with people are on the water, some docked near the sandy shore.

George Catlin La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

Roses and Lilies, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1888, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Roses and Lilies, 1888 The Met

Portrait of Dora Wheeler, William Merritt Chase, 1882–83, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882–83 Cleveland Museum of Art

A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third, a brown structure is surrounded by golden yellow and pine-green forms like clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Evening of the Deluge, c. 1843 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait of a young child shown from the waist up. The child is seated and facing forward. The child has dark hair that is styled smoothly and parted down the middle.

Sturtevant J. Hamblin Little Girl with Pet Rabbit, c. 1845 National Gallery of Art

St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

Bernat Martorell Saint George and the Dragon, 1434–35 Art Institute of Chicago

Springtime, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1860, oil on panel

Théodore Rousseau Springtime, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

High Tide on the Marshes, Martin Johnson Heade, 1872, oil on canvas

Martin Johnson Heade High Tide on the Marshes, 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, oil on oak

Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Harvesters, 1565 The Met

Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair), William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair), 1855 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts a vast countryside from an elevated point of view. At the bottom of the painting is a wide brown and green field that appears to be growing wheat or a similar crop.

George Inness Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley, 1867 National Gallery of Art

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn - On the Hudson River, 1860 National Gallery of Art

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Florence, Thomas Cole, 1837, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View of Florence, 1837 Cleveland Museum of Art

We look through shadowed trees at a river winding into the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Annibale Carracci River Landscape, c. 1590 National Gallery of Art

A multitude of vibrantly colored shapes interweave with one another.

Marsden Hartley Movement, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with a Rake, Jean-François Millet, probably 1856–57, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Woman with a Rake, probably 1856–57 The Met

Eight pale-skinned men and thirteen brown-skinned, indigenous Lenape men, women, and a baby gather on a grassy field close to us in this horizontal painting. The white men are cleanshaven and have puffy gray, shoulder-length hair.

Edward Hicks Penn's Treaty with the Indians, c. 1840/1844 National Gallery of Art

In this painting, a wicker basket is filled with yellow pears and a few red cherries. The basket rests on a table, and more pears and cherries are scattered in front of it, casting shadows on the white tablecloth.

John F. Francis Basket of Pears and Crabapples, n.d. National Gallery of Art

Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, Frederic Edwin Church, 1851, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, 1851 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a person seated at a table in a bright yellow chair, facing the right. The person has pale skin and gray hair, and they are wearing a loose-fitting light brown garment, similar to a long coat or dress.

Édouard Vuillard Breakfast, 1894 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Magi, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, late 1750s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Adoration of the Magi, late 1750s The Met

In a verdant green landscape, a stone castle sits on a tree-lined hill in the distance in front of a high, craggy mountain peak while eighteen armored knights ride toward us along a bridge and path in this horizontal painting.

Thomas Cole The Departure, 1837 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Haywain, Worthington Whittredge, 1861, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Landscape with Haywain, 1861 Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a view overlooking a valley with a river in the distance. The almost-cloudless sky is painted in shades of light blue with faint pink near the horizon.

George Inness View of the Tiber near Perugia, 1872-1874 National Gallery of Art

The Weeders, Jules Breton, 1868, oil on canvas

Jules Breton The Weeders, 1868 The Met

Nine people are gathered in a landscape around the gaunt body of a young man being carried on a cloth in the lower half of this vertical painting. All the people have pale skin tinged with yellow, and all but one have shiny gold halos.

Fra Angelico The Entombment of Christ, c. 1450 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a bowl of red raspberries resting on a surface. The bowl is pale blue with blue details on the rim, and it is surrounded by a pile of pale peaches and pears, red plums, and green and purple grapes.

Charles V. Bond Still Life: Fruit, Bird, and Dwarf Pear Tree, 1856 National Gallery of Art

This drawing shows the faint outline of a domed building. The representation is minimalistic, with few details of the building shown besides the dome and vertical lines that might suggest columns.

Thomas Cole Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design, c. 1838 National Gallery of Art

A Home in the Wilderness, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a partial view of a dark wooden mantle. The mantle itself takes up the bottom right corner of the painting, and we see one side of it, but not the other.

Édouard Vuillard Vase of Flowers on a Mantelpiece, c. 1900 National Gallery of Art

The Banks of the Oise, Charles-François Daubigny, 1863, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny The Banks of the Oise, 1863 The Met

The Veteran in a New Field, Winslow Homer, 1865, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Veteran in a New Field, 1865 The Met

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Head of a Young Girl, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

Long Island Farmhouses, William Sidney Mount, 1862–63, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Long Island Farmhouses, 1862–63 The Met

A Dog Feast - Sioux, George Catlin, 1861/1869, oil on card mounted on paperboard

George Catlin A Dog Feast - Sioux, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1745–47, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1745–47 The Met

A white dog spotted with caramel-brown and with long, floppy ears sits in a garden setting near a green park bench in this loosely painted vertical portrait.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The Artist's Dog Flèche, c. 1881 National Gallery of Art

Vase of Flowers, Odilon Redon, c. 1905, oil on fabric

Odilon Redon Vase of Flowers, c. 1905 Cleveland Museum of Art

Corn Husking at Nantucket, Eastman Johnson, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Corn Husking at Nantucket, ca. 1875 The Met

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, 1730s The Met

Arion on a Sea Horse, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855 Cleveland Museum of Art

Tivoli, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Tivoli, 1870 The Met

John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, Henry Raeburn, c. 1790/1795, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, c. 1790/1795 National Gallery of Art

The dark, forest-green canopies of trees to our right are silhouetted against a sky that warms from pale blue along the top edge of the composition to butter yellow along the horizon, which comes about a quarter of the way up this…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Mountain Landscape at Sunset, c. 1765 National Gallery of Art

This painting displays soft, rounded shapes and fragmented lines, creating an abstract portrayal of two people seated at a dark yellow table.

Édouard Vuillard Two Women Drinking Coffee, c. 1893 National Gallery of Art

A woman stands drinking from a tall glass as two men sit at a table in a courtyard enclosed by wood paneling and brick buildings in this vertical painting. The people all have pale, peachy skin.

Pieter de Hooch A Dutch Courtyard, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

A woman, Mary, floats in the sky surrounded by eleven winged angels above fifteen men and women gathered around an open, stone coffin in this vertical painting. All the people have pale, peachy skin.

Peter Paul Rubens The Assumption of the Virgin, probably mid 1620s National Gallery of Art

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