Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 11)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 481 to 528 of 1,211.

Wrestlers in a Circus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909, oil on canvas

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Wrestlers in a Circus, 1909 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Penitent Magdalen, Georges de La Tour, ca. 1640, oil on canvas

Georges de La Tour The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640 The Met

A Young Girl with Daisies, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1889, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir A Young Girl with Daisies, 1889 The Met

The Adoration of the Magi, Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320, tempera on wood, gold ground

Giotto di Bondone The Adoration of the Magi, possibly ca. 1320 The Met

We look onto the side of a rowboat crowded with nine men trying to save a pale, nude young man who flails in the water in front of us as a shark approaches, mouth agape, from our right in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Watson and the Shark, 1778 National Gallery of Art

Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Rachel Ruysch, 1692, oil on canvas

Rachel Ruysch Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), 1692 The Met

Forest Stream with Vista, Asher Brown Durand, 1872, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Forest Stream with Vista, 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

Three whole, green pears against a caramel-brown background fill this horizontal still life painting. The painting was created with long, parallel, visible brushstrokes throughout, and a strip of unpainted canvas lines the top edge.

Paul Cézanne Three Pears, 1878/1879 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797), Henry Raeburn, ca. 1794, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald (Louisa Johnston, ?born about 1760, died 1797), ca. 1794 The Met

Portrait of My Daughter Alice, William Merritt Chase, c. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Portrait of My Daughter Alice, c. 1895 Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait, 1660 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a pale-skinned, round-cheeked young boy wears a brocade red and gold garment and hat in this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger Edward VI as a Child, probably 1538 National Gallery of Art

We look across a waterlogged path at a line of rust-red and bronze-brown trees that nearly span the width of this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, which creates a blurred look.

Théodore Rousseau After the Rain, c. 1850 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, an older man with pale, peachy skin looks out at us with deep-set, gray eyes under a furrowed brow, in front of a sable-brown background in this vertical portrait painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait, 1659 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, 1871–73, oil on panel

James McNeill Whistler Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, 1871–73 Art Institute of Chicago

Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest, Eugène Delacroix, 1858, oil on fabric

Eugène Delacroix Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest, 1858 Cleveland Museum of Art

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1866 The Met

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, Thomas Eakins, 1900, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, 1900 The Met

Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509), Hans Holbein the Younger, early 1540s, oil and gold on oak

Hans Holbein the Younger Lady Lee (Margaret Wyatt, born about 1509), early 1540s The Met

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar, 1898 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a group of potted pansies. There is a large basket filled with yellow pansies on the left, surrounded by at least four smaller terracotta pots on the right containing purple, white, blue, and orange pansies.

Henri Fantin-Latour Pansies, 1874 National Gallery of Art

In a beige room, a group of light-skinned men of various ages and a young boy clap as a figure in tattered clothing at center, his back to the viewer, dances and holds a tin cup in the air.

William Sidney Mount Bar-room Scene, 1835 Art Institute of Chicago

A light-skinned woman in a long, shiny white dress sits at a desk reading a book. The book is propped on a large red pillow. Her head is propped in her hand.

Thomas Lawrence Isabella Wolff, 1803–15 Art Institute of Chicago

Monsieur Martin, Jean-François Millet, 1840, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Monsieur Martin, 1840 Cleveland Museum of Art

Summer Flowers, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1880, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Summer Flowers, 1880 The Met

We stand on a beach lined with black rocks and boulders looking out onto the water below a brick-red sky that dominates this nearly square landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Black Rocks at Trouville, 1865/1866 National Gallery of Art

Édouard Vuillard Woman Sitting by the Fireside, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

A barefoot man wearing tattered clothing, with his hands clasped at his chest, kneels at the feet of an old, bearded man in this almost square painting. The pair is flanked by five people on our right and a man, boy, and calf on our left.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667/1670 National Gallery of Art

Harvest Scene, Winslow Homer, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873 The Met

Man in a Green Coat, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1779–85, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Man in a Green Coat, ca. 1779–85 The Met

A Meadow Bordered by Trees, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1845–60, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau A Meadow Bordered by Trees, ca. 1845–60 The Met

This painting features a woman from the waist up, her body angled slightly to the right, looking out at us. She has pale skin with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, arched gray eyebrows, and pink lips that are slightly upturned.

Gilbert Stuart Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston), 1800 National Gallery of Art

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, ca. 1765–68 The Met

Paying the Hostess, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670 The Met

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a large group of people with light skin dressed in draping fabric in shades of red, yellow, blue, and purple.

Benjamin West Telemachus and Calypso, c. 1809 National Gallery of Art

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, ca. 1449, tempera, silver, and gold on wood

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, ca. 1449 The Met

Hulking mountains are mostly backlit against a watery blue sky edged with shell pink along the horizon, which comes about two-thirds of the way up this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Sunrise in the Catskills, 1826 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman standing outdoors, facing the left. She has pale skin, and her face is in shadow, obscured by a wide-brimmed flat white hat with a red stripe around the edge, tied with a black bow behind her head.

Eastman Johnson Lambs, Nantucket, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Captain John Gell, Gilbert Stuart, 1785, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Captain John Gell, 1785 The Met

About a dozen women and men, all with pale or suntanned skin, work in a field harvesting grain in this horizontal painting. The women wear long skirts and aprons, and some wear cloths tied around their heads.

Jules Breton The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 National Gallery of Art

Lush tall grasses with small white flowers foreground a grove of bushy trees of varying types and heights, their leaves ranging from deep green to golden.

Vincent van Gogh The Poet's Garden, 1888 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the lap up, a woman with pale skin wearing a white satin dress and tall white bonnet sits sewing with her body facing our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793/1794 National Gallery of Art

Twelve people and one child stand, sit, or kneel along a riverbank in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale or tanned skin, and are muscular.

Nicolas Poussin The Baptism of Christ, 1641/1642 National Gallery of Art

Soap Bubbles, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733–34, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, ca. 1733–34 The Met

A Bouquet of Flowers, Clara Peeters, ca. 1612, oil on wood

Clara Peeters A Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1612 The Met

Still Life with Herrings, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1735, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with Herrings, c. 1735 Cleveland Museum of Art

Samuel Verplanck, John Singleton Copley, 1771, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Samuel Verplanck, 1771 The Met

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