Paintings for Black Walls (page 8)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 337 to 384 of 1,211.

Honey-gold sunlight from low along the horizon to our left falls across the copper and bronze-colored canopies of trees that frame our view of a stone church with stained glass windows and ornate spires in this horizontal landscape…

Thomas Cole The Return, 1837 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a young woman from the chest upwards, seated in a slightly turned position to the left.

Camille Corot Portrait of a Young Girl, 1850 or 1859 National Gallery of Art

Two pale-skinned women are shown from the waist up behind a counter in an interior space in this nearly square painting.

Édouard Vuillard Woman in a Striped Dress, 1895 National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child, Benvenuto di Giovanni, ca. 1475–85, tempera on wood, gold ground

Benvenuto di Giovanni Madonna and Child, ca. 1475–85 The Met

The image shows a landscape with trees, hills, and mountains under a partly cloudy sky. In the foreground, there is a tipi surrounded by figures dressed in traditional attire interacting with a horse.

George Catlin The Cheyenne Brothers Starting on Their Fall Hunt, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

A snowy street with a horse and carriage is flanked to each side by tall buildings in this vertical painting. The overcast scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout, so some details are difficult to make out.

Robert Henri Snow in New York, 1902 National Gallery of Art

A bearded man with copper-blond hair and flushed, peachy skin stands on a stone-gray pedestal and gestures toward a group of five more men gathered before him in this square painting. Some of the men are light-skinned, others are tan.

Peter Paul Rubens Decius Mus Addressing the Legions, probably 1616 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman are surrounded by six pudgy children, some with wings, against a deep landscape in this square painting. At the center of the composition, the man, Bacchus, sits astride a wine barrel, which is about half his height.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1743/1745 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned woman with honey-blond hair reclines among wheat stalks and grape vines in this horizontal painting. She lies on her side with her head to our right and her body facing us. Her upper body is propped on her left elbow.

Jacopo Tintoretto Summer, c. 1546/1548 National Gallery of Art

A long, brightly lit room is filled with at least nine young ballerinas in robin’s egg-blue dance costumes and pale pink shoes in this wide, horizontal painting. They all have light skin and brown or dark blond hair.

Edgar Degas The Dance Lesson, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, ca. 1769 The Met

Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Still Life with Flowers and Prickly Pears, ca. 1885 The Met

The Parthenon, Frederic Edwin Church, 1871, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church The Parthenon, 1871 The Met

A young, light-skinned, rosy-cheeked child stands against a landscape of trees and rolling hills in this vertical portrait painting. Some areas are loosely painted, especially in the background, giving the portrait a soft look.

Thomas Gainsborough Master John Heathcote, c. 1771/1772 National Gallery of Art

Repose, John White Alexander, 1895, oil on canvas

John White Alexander Repose, 1895 The Met

A man stands on a rocky, tan-colored outcropping and gestures to two men in a rowboat, all against a gold background in this square painting. The men’s pale skin is tinged with gray but they have rosy cheeks, and all three have beards.

Duccio di Buoninsegna The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308-1311 National Gallery of Art

Six men on horseback and wearing jockeys’ uniforms line up on a grassy field in front of us in this loosely painted horizontal scene. The jockeys and horses’ features are especially freely painted so much of the detail is indistinct.

Edgar Degas The Riders, c. 1885 National Gallery of Art

Etruscan Vase with Flowers, Odilon Redon, 1900–1910, tempera on canvas

Odilon Redon Etruscan Vase with Flowers, 1900–1910 The Met

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Young Girl Reading, c. 1769 National Gallery of Art

A placid river winds past low hills with cows to fields blanketed with trees leading back to mountains lining the horizon in this hazy, horizontal, landscape painting.

Asher Brown Durand A Pastoral Scene, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Boy Drinking, Annibale Carracci, 1582–83, oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci Boy Drinking, 1582–83 Cleveland Museum of Art

Weary Wayfarers, Jean-Charles Cazin, 1888, oil on canvas

Jean-Charles Cazin Weary Wayfarers, 1888 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal painting is made up of three parts: in the center square panel, a woman reclines under a wooden shelter set into a rocky cave, which is surrounded by angels, and narrower wings to either side are each occupied by a standing…

Duccio di Buoninsegna The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, 1308-1311 National Gallery of Art

The Flowering Orchard, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh The Flowering Orchard, 1888 The Met

This painting depicts a vast landscape with a horizon line in the lower third of the painting. A range of dark brown and purple mountains or hills stretches across the width of the image.

Thomas Cole Study for "Catskill Creek", c. 1844/1845 National Gallery of Art

Two women, a man, and three small children gather around a baby sleeping in a wicker cradle near an open window in this horizontal painting. The people all have pale skin with rosy cheeks.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Visit to the Nursery, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

Saints Bartholomew and Simon, Master of Saint Francis, ca. 1272, tempera on wood, gold ground

Master of Saint Francis Saints Bartholomew and Simon, ca. 1272 The Met

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, ca. 1750 The Met

Hudson River Scene, John Frederick Kensett, 1857, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Hudson River Scene, 1857 The Met

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1650, oil on wood

Aelbert Cuyp Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1650 The Met

A woman supports a pudgy baby who sits on a stone ledge in this vertical painting. They both have pale skin, rosy cheeks, blond hair, and subtle halos made of gold dots. The woman’s body faces us, and her head tips to our left.

Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child, c. 1440 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man seated on a decorative red chair, his body turned towards the left and his head turned to look at us. He has a round face, light skin, and gray curly hair that goes down past his shoulders.

John Singleton Copley Baron Graham, 1804 National Gallery of Art

Judith Leyster Young Boy in Profile, c. 1630 National Gallery of Art

Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486), Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1460, oil on wood

Rogier van der Weyden Francesco d'Este (born ca. 1429, died after 1486), ca. 1460 The Met

Woman Ironing, Édouard Vuillard, 1892, oil on board

Édouard Vuillard Woman Ironing, 1892 Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman wearing a breastplate and helmet over a toga stands to our left on a platform, gesturing with one arm extended to a group of about a dozen soldiers gathered around her in this horizontal painting.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers, 1725/1730 National Gallery of Art

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole, 1836, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836 The Met

Three small children with pale pink skin sit and stand among a group of animals to our right as a group of eight indigenous people with light brown skin gather with eight white-skinned men near a riverbank in the distance to our left in…

Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1834 National Gallery of Art

Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887, oil on wood

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925), 1887 The Met

Tall, billowing, lavender-purple and shell-pink clouds line the distant horizon over a vast plain of flat grassy land in this horizontal landscape painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes, c. 1871/1875 National Gallery of Art

The Windmill, Jules Dupré, late 1850s, oil on fabric

Jules Dupré The Windmill, late 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Forest at Pontaubert, Georges Seurat, 1881, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat The Forest at Pontaubert, 1881 The Met

This painting depicts a landscape with an open green field stretching out into the distance. At the bottom of the painting, there is a rocky area with sparse vegetation and yellow, sun-bleached grass.

Théodore Rousseau Countryside in Picardy, 1860 National Gallery of Art

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1811, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 The Met

Young Woman, Jean-François Millet, 1844–45, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Young Woman, 1844–45 Art Institute of Chicago

The Mower, Georges Seurat, 1881–82, oil on wood

Georges Seurat The Mower, 1881–82 The Met

This painting shows a woman seated on a wooden chair, facing the right with her head slightly tilted down. She is focused on the thin silver needles she holds in her hands.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Josephine Knitting, 1916 National Gallery of Art

More than three dozen pears clustered densely on leafy branches against a vivid blue sky fill this long, horizontal painting. Most of the pears are golden yellow and touched with blush pink on one side.

Joseph Decker Ripening Pears, c. 1884/1885 National Gallery of Art

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