Paintings for Black Walls (page 9)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 385 to 432 of 1,211.

Large painting, woman in pink dress in front of classical sculpture, shrine.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, 1763–65 Art Institute of Chicago

Apples, Paul Cézanne, 1878–79, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Apples, 1878–79 The Met

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, 1760s The Met

The painting depicts a landscape scene with a body of water, trees, reflections, and a house in the distance. The composition shows a low horizon line with trees arching across the scene and soft reflections on the water's surface.

Charles-François Daubigny Sunset on the River, 1874 National Gallery of Art

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

A View near Tivoli (Morning), Thomas Cole, 1832, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole A View near Tivoli (Morning), 1832 The Met

The Love Letter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, early 1770s, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Love Letter, early 1770s The Met

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, Jean-François Millet, 1872–73, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872–73 The Met

A bearded man with wrinkled, peachy skin and reddened cheeks sits and smokes a pipe on a wooden box in a landscape in this vertical painting. The man’s body faces us, and he peers at us with dark eyes under heavy, bushy white brows.

George Caleb Bingham Mississippi Boatman, 1850 National Gallery of Art

Thistles, John Singer Sargent, 1883–89, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Thistles, 1883–89 Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Italian Woman, Edgar Degas, 1857, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas The Old Italian Woman, 1857 The Met

Portrait of a Young Woman, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770s, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Portrait of a Young Woman, 1770s The Met

Two green pears lit from the upper right sit on a pale blue tabletop or ledge against a dark background in this horizontal still life painting. The left pear sits upright against the other.

Édouard Manet Pears, 1880 National Gallery of Art

Head of a Girl, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618–c. 1620, oil on panel

Anthony van Dyck Head of a Girl, c. 1618–c. 1620 Art Institute of Chicago

A band of several galloping horses and riders move across the center of this vertical painting. The color palette is dominated by blended earthy brown, green, and pale pink.

Edgar Degas Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey, 1866, reworked 1880-1881 and c. 1897 National Gallery of Art

Boboli Garden, Florence, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1906–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper, mounted on board

John Singer Sargent Boboli Garden, Florence, ca. 1906–7 The Met

The painting shows an enormous tree with a hollowed base where two people, potentially young boys, are taking shelter. The boys sit together in the hollow base of the tree, one appearing to read a piece of paper.

Eastman Johnson The Truants, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

We look across the gleaming, forest-green surface of a lake at the foot of tall, jagged mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a red horse standing on a patch of tan ground, tethered by a rope to a tall brown post. The horse's reddish-brown coat is rich and glossy, with white highlights. It faces the left, with its ears pricked up.

Eugène Delacroix A Horse Hitched to a Post, c. 1820 National Gallery of Art

Houses at Murnau, Wassily Kandinsky, 1909, oil on cardboard

Wassily Kandinsky Houses at Murnau, 1909 Art Institute of Chicago

An Old Chapel in a Valley, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1835, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau An Old Chapel in a Valley, ca. 1835 The Met

Saint Alexander, Fra Angelico, ca. 1425, tempera on wood, gold ground

Fra Angelico Saint Alexander, ca. 1425 The Met

Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1500, tempera on wood

Sandro Botticelli Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius, ca. 1500 The Met

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, ca. 1643 The Met

Wooded Upland Landscape, Thomas Gainsborough, probably 1783, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Wooded Upland Landscape, probably 1783 The Met

The Marsh, Charles-François Daubigny, 1871, oil on panel

Charles-François Daubigny The Marsh, 1871 Art Institute of Chicago

Two groups of people face off in front of a hilly landscape in this loosely painted, vertical scene. On our left, a pale young man in a white tunic looks with eyes wide and lips parted at a group of three people on our right.

Edgar Degas Alexander and Bucephalus, 1861/1862 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a woman's upper body. She is looking directly at the viewer with a calm expression. The woman has fair skin, dark brown hair styled away from her face, blue eyes, and delicate features.

William Jennys Mrs. Asa Benjamin, 1795 National Gallery of Art

Close to us, a young man and four boys sit or recline in a small sailboat that tips to our left on a choppy dark green sea fringed with white foam in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer The Flirt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

On the Road, Jules Dupré, 1856, oil on canvas

Jules Dupré On the Road, 1856 Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Apples and Pears, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1891–92, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples and Pears, ca. 1891–92 The Met

This painting shows a slightly elevated viewpoint looking out across a green landscape towards a reflective body of water. In the green sky, the pale-yellow moon glows brightly, illuminating the scene.

Ralph Albert Blakelock Moonlight, 1886/1895 National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child, Simone Martini, ca. 1326, tempera on wood, gold ground

Simone Martini Madonna and Child, ca. 1326 The Met

A man wearing armor, sitting astride a cream-white horse, drives a long lance down at a lizard-like dragon as a woman kneels with her hands in prayer in the landscape beyond in this vertical painting.

Raphael Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1506 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, a smiling, light-skinned young man wears a voluminous, dark hat and a brown suit in this vertical portrait painting.

Frans Hals A Young Man in a Large Hat, 1626/1629 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the hips up, a woman whose pale face is deep in shadow stands with her back to us, wearing a black and gray dress and hat, in front of a colorful but loosely painted, indistinct background in this nearly square painting.

Edgar Degas Woman Viewed from Behind (Visit to a Museum), c. 1879-1885 National Gallery of Art

Dozens of figures in a brown field filled with discarded corn silks form two rows and sit across from each other husking corn, a farm in the background.

Eastman Johnson Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the chest up, a cleanshaven man with peachy skin sits angled to our right in this vertical portrait painting. He has chin-length, curly, auburn-red hair. He gazes off to our right with hazel eyes under thick brows.

Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1520/1530 National Gallery of Art

Still Life—Violin and Music, William Michael Harnett, 1888, oil on canvas

William Michael Harnett Still Life—Violin and Music, 1888 The Met

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, Edgar Degas, 1896–98, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1896–98 The Met

This painting features a landscape with a calm body of water dominating the lower portion. The view is slightly elevated, overlooking the water that reflects the surrounding greenery and sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Warwick Castle, England, 1857 National Gallery of Art

The Mountain Ford, Thomas Cole, 1846, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Mountain Ford, 1846 The Met

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, Sano di Pietro, ca. 1440, tempera and gold on wood

Sano di Pietro Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, ca. 1440 The Met

This is a painting of a group of people, mostly men, engaged in laborious activities outdoors. The people are minimally clothed, with small pieces of cloth wrapped around their waists.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Work, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art

The Keeper of the Flock, Jean-François Millet, 1871–74, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–74 Art Institute of Chicago

Young Girl Meditating, Thomas Eakins, 1877, watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper

Thomas Eakins Young Girl Meditating, 1877 The Met

The Power of Music, William Sidney Mount, 1847, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount The Power of Music, 1847 Cleveland Museum of Art

An older, pale-skinned man wearing a richly brocaded robe and bishop’s mitre stands under a rounded arch in front of a deep landscape in this tall, narrow, vertical painting.

Gerard David The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Nicholas [left panel], c. 1500/1520 National Gallery of Art

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