Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 16)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 721 to 768 of 1,211.

This vertical portrait painting shows the head and shoulders of a person with pale peach skin and an auburn, cheek-length bob hairstyle. The person has high cheek bones, deep pink lips, and an angular, pointed chin.

Amedeo Modigliani Madame Kisling, c. 1917 National Gallery of Art

A young woman peers out to the right from from a Dutch door whose bottom half is closed. She wears a brown dress with a corset and a red beaded necklace.

Rembrandt van Rijn Young Woman at an Open Half-Door, 1645 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the waist up, a woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a dark corset and white fabric over her shoulders, looks down at needlework in her hands in this vertical painting.

Diego Velázquez The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650 National Gallery of Art

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, Théodore Géricault, 1818, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818 The Met

A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped on a pillow against a pile of hay in a shed-like structure in this round painting.

Sandro Botticelli The Virgin Adoring the Child, 1480/1490 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned, heavy-set, elegantly dressed man sits at the corner of a table, looking at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Francisco de Goya Don Antonio Noriega, 1801 National Gallery of Art

A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto The Nativity, 1523 National Gallery of Art

Study of a Young Woman, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1665–67, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer Study of a Young Woman, ca. 1665–67 The Met

Shown from about the hips up against a sable-brown background, a pale-skinned woman stands cradling an apple with both hands at her waist in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Woman Holding an Apple, c. 1550 National Gallery of Art

Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer, 1872, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Snap the Whip, 1872 The Met

Two Women, Paul Gauguin, 1901 or 1902, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Two Women, 1901 or 1902 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a cleanshaven man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black cap and a voluminous fur-lined, black cloak, is positioned behind a crimson-red ledge or tabletop in this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger Sir Brian Tuke, c. 1527/1528 or c. 1532/1534 National Gallery of Art

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), Edgar Degas, 1865, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865 The Met

A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1655–60, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn A Bearded Man Wearing a Hat, c. 1655–60 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490–95 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting is a portrait of a woman, her torso facing slightly to the left, her face looking directly at us. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, and red lips in a subtle smile.

Thomas Gainsborough Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786 National Gallery of Art

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, Eugène Delacroix, 1849–50, oil on paperboard

Eugène Delacroix Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, 1849–50 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a man standing upright, his body slightly turned to the right.

Francisco de Goya Charles IV of Spain as Huntsman, c. 1799/1800 National Gallery of Art

Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, William Merritt Chase, 1880–90 (?), oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Pink Azalea—Chinese Vase, 1880–90 (?) The Met

The Proposal, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872, oil on canvas

William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Proposal, 1872 The Met

British Manufactory; A Sketch, Benjamin West, 1791, oil on paper mounted on wood

Benjamin West British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791 Cleveland Museum of Art

Two young boys sit side by side on some boulders with a cloudy sky behind them and dark tree branches above in this vertical portrait painting.

Henry Raeburn The Binning Children, probably c. 1811 National Gallery of Art

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, John Singleton Copley, 1771, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771 The Met

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800), Thomas Gainsborough, 1768, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724–1800), 1768 The Met

Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1805, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Narcisa Barañano Gayoso de Goicoechea, ca. 1805 The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Nicolas Poussin, 1626–27, oil on copper

Nicolas Poussin The Agony in the Garden, 1626–27 The Met

Thomas Willing, Charles Willson Peale, 1782, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Thomas Willing, 1782 The Met

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, Asher Brown Durand, c. 1849, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, probably 1733/1734 National Gallery of Art

Roman Landscape, Arnold Böcklin, ca. 1850–52, oil on canvas, several pieces joined

Arnold Böcklin Roman Landscape, ca. 1850–52 The Met

A blue and white bowl overflowing with grapes, two loose bunches of grapes, and a vivid pink carnation lie on a white tablecloth against a dark brown background in this still life painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Grapes and a Carnation, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a dark-skinned man seated and wearing a red open-necked tunic. He looks up to the right. His wrists are shackled and a large chain rests at his right, running down the bench he sits upon.

John Philip Simpson The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge), 1827 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, Thomas Cole, 1838, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838 Cleveland Museum of Art

Light pours over a woman and a dozen children of different ages standing in small groups near a boxy, red schoolhouse in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer School Time, c. 1874 National Gallery of Art

Peaceable Kingdom, Edward Hicks, ca. 1830–32, oil on canvas

Edward Hicks Peaceable Kingdom, ca. 1830–32 The Met

Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson), Thomas Eakins, c. 1905, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson), c. 1905 National Gallery of Art

The Jabach Family, Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Charles Le Brun The Jabach Family, ca. 1660 The Met

Vividly colored painting of Virgin Mary with baby Jesus and baby John the Baptist.

Correggio Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, c. 1515 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a light-skinned woman with dark curly hair and to her right a small, blond child. Both are elegantly dressed, the woman in a dark, short-sleeved dress with gathered bodice and the child in a short-sleeved white dress.

Joshua Johnson Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan, c. 1805 Art Institute of Chicago

The Collector of Prints, Edgar Degas, 1866, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas The Collector of Prints, 1866 The Met

Landscape, George Inness, 1888, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, 1888 Cleveland Museum of Art

Margaret of Austria, Jean Hey,, ca. 1490, oil on oak panel

Jean Hey, Margaret of Austria, ca. 1490 The Met

Two pale-skinned women sit together surrounded by five sheep and a dog in a lush forest in this vertical painting. The woman to our right sits slightly above the other, with her arm draped around the shoulders of her companion.

François Boucher The Love Letter, 1750 National Gallery of Art

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627 The Met

The Peaceable Kingdom, Edward Hicks, c. 1816–18, oil on canvas

Edward Hicks The Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1816–18 Cleveland Museum of Art

Dark portrait of an older light-skinned women with dark hair in a black dress and white collar, her hair pinned up. Her face is in partial shadow.

Thomas Eakins Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

Fish Market, Joachim Beuckelaer, 1568, oil on Baltic oak

Joachim Beuckelaer Fish Market, 1568 The Met

The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1455–60, tempera and gold on wood

Giovanni di Paolo The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, ca. 1455–60 The Met

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