Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 15)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 673 to 720 of 1,211.

View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, Thomas Cole, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View on the Catskill—Early Autumn, 1836–37 The Met

A golden yellow melon painted with thick strokes of straw and butter yellow with touches of camel brown sits at the center of a wooden table with a blue top in this almost square still life painting.

Édouard Manet The Melon, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a group of people gathered along the bank of a river that winds around a copse of tall trees to our left, past a hill to our right, and into the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Lorrain Landscape with Merchants, c. 1629 National Gallery of Art

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

Kitchen Scene, Diego Velázquez, 1618–20, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene, 1618–20 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the lap up against a dark background, a pale-skinned woman wearing a black dress looks out at us in this vertical portrait.

Rembrandt van Rijn A Woman Holding a Pink, 1656 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 image depicts a man from the waist up, positioned in a three-quarter view as he looks to his left. He has a fair complexion, a reddish-brown close-cropped beard, and medium brown hair cut at ear length.

Barthel Bruyn the Elder Portrait of a Man, c. 1530/1540 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

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, ca. 1635 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a black dress with white cuffs and a wide, starched collar sits in a wooden chair against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn An Old Lady with a Book, 1637 National Gallery of Art

Return from the Fields, Jean-François Millet, c. 1846–47, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Return from the Fields, c. 1846–47 Cleveland Museum of Art

Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), Eastman Johnson, 1872, oil on board

Eastman Johnson Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Dark portrait of older woman in black dress with lace collar, flowers.

Gustave Courbet Mère Grégoire, 1855, reworked 1857–59 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1774–1846), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1823, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jacques-Louis Leblanc (1774–1846), 1823 The Met

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, Titian, mid-1550s, oil on canvas

Titian Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, mid-1550s The Met

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

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, Jules Tavernier, 1878, oil on canvas

Jules Tavernier Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, 1878 The Met

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667–70, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, ca. 1667–70 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

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67, oil on canvas

Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67 The Met

Man in a Turban, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Man in a Turban, 1632 The Met

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Peter Paul Rubens, early or mid-1630s, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, early or mid-1630s The Met

Shown from the lap up, a young woman with pale skin, rosy cheeks, dark eyes, and upswept chestnut-brown hair sits in an upholstered chair angled to our left and she looks in that direction in this vertical portrait painting.

Edgar Degas Mademoiselle Malot, c. 1877 National Gallery 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

Helena Tromper Du Bois, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1631, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck Helena Tromper Du Bois, c. 1631 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Hans Memling The Annunciation, 1480–89 The Met

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