Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 21)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 961 to 1,008 of 1,211.

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1639, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, ca. 1639 The Met

The Dancing Class, Edgar Degas, ca. 1870, oil on wood

Edgar Degas The Dancing Class, ca. 1870 The Met

Facing away from us against a cherry-red background, the head and shoulders of a light-skinned woman wearing strawberry red, with her copper-brown hair piled atop her head, fills this vertical painting.

Carolus-Duran Study of Lilia, 1887 National Gallery of Art

The Return of Persephone, Frederic Leighton, ca. 1890–91, oil on canvas

Frederic Leighton The Return of Persephone, ca. 1890–91 The Met

Figure in Turkish Costume, Eugène Delacroix, c. 1856–1863, oil on paper, glued to canvas

Eugène Delacroix Figure in Turkish Costume, c. 1856–1863 Cleveland Museum of Art

Peter Paul Rubens Agrippina and Germanicus, c. 1614 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman looking off to the left from her seat on a divan wears a carnation-pink gown and a fur-lined cloak in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singleton Copley Abigail Smith Babcock (Mrs. Adam Babcock), c. 1774 National Gallery of Art

Rest, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Rest, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the knees up, a cleanshaven, young man with pale, peachy skin leans on his right elbow, to our left, against a ledge and holds a black top hat in that hand in this vertical portrait painting.

Francisco de Goya Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol, c. 1803/1804 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Andrea Mantegna, shortly after 1450, tempera on canvas, transferred from wood

Andrea Mantegna The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 The Met

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, Jules Dupré, c. 1860, oil on canvas

Jules Dupré The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy, Thomas Lawrence, 1801, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence Portrait of Charlotte and Sarah Carteret-Hardy, 1801 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the waist up, a light-skinned man sits sideways in a wooden chair so the arm closer to us rests along the chair’s back in this vertical portrait painting. Brushstrokes are visible throughout, especially in the clothing and hair.

Frans Hals Willem Coymans, 1645 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned young girl wearing an ink-black garment with a cream-white collar and a coral-red sash and necklaces holds a terrier dog as she looks at us in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Miss Beatrice Townsend, 1882 National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1608–9, oil on oak

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, ca. 1608–9 The Met

Mrs. Andrew Sigourney, Gilbert Stuart, Ca. 1820, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Mrs. Andrew Sigourney, Ca. 1820 The Met

A young girl wearing a rust-red dress with a tight bodice and full, voluminous skirt sits in a hazy, garden-like setting in this vertical portrait painting. Her skin is pale with a greenish cast, but her cheeks are slightly flushed.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1758 National Gallery of Art

Head of a Young Boy, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1763, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Head of a Young Boy, 1763 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a young man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black uniform and cap, leans against the back of a chair in this vertical portrait painting. He looks at us with pale blue eyes under sloping brows.

Edgar Degas Achille De Gas in the Uniform of a Cadet, 1856/1857 National Gallery of Art

A baby-like winged putto flies above and drops a stream of white flowers onto a woman who sits leaning against a cut tree trunk this vertical landscape painting.

Lorenzo Lotto Allegory of Chastity, c. 1505 National Gallery of Art

Painting of four figures in blue, red, brown dresses playing croquet.

Winslow Homer Croquet Scene, 1866 Art Institute of Chicago

Roses in a Vase, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1890, oil on fabric

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Roses in a Vase, c. 1890 Cleveland Museum of Art

A man with pale peach skin and dark hair wears a military uniform and stands in front of a desk in this vertical portrait painting. He nearly fills the composition so seems close to us, and he looks directly at us.

Jacques-Louis David The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, 1812 National Gallery of Art

A seated woman with an infant on her lap and three children are clustered on a terrace overlooking green hills and a body of water in this square painting. They all have pale skin with flushed cheeks.

Peter Paul Rubens Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children, 1629/1630, reworked probably mid 1640s National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woodland scene with dense trees on the right side, their white and brown trunks twisting upwards and their leaves in shades of dark green, yellow ochre, and rusty orange.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau, 1868 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a woman. She has fair skin, a straight nose, and thin red lips, with her dark hair styled up with flowers.

John Singleton Copley Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis), c. 1764 National Gallery of Art

The Beeches, Asher Brown Durand, 1845, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand The Beeches, 1845 The Met

Merry Company on a Terrace, Jan Steen, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jan Steen Merry Company on a Terrace, ca. 1670 The Met

Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering), Antoine Watteau, 1718–21, oil on panel

Antoine Watteau Fête champêtre (Pastoral Gathering), 1718–21 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a muted, sapphire-blue gown sits ramrod straight in a chair and looks at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Francisco de Goya Thérèse Louise de Sureda, c. 1803/1804 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, Thomas Gainsborough, 1769, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, 1769 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose), William Sidney Mount, 1837, oil on mahogany

William Sidney Mount The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose), 1837 The Met

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, Fra Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440, tempera and gold on wood, transferred from wood

Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, ca. 1440 The Met

This painting is a portrait of a man standing, seen from the knees up, his torso and head slightly turned to the left.

Thomas Gainsborough Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville, c. 1786 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Magi, Gerard David, ca. 1520, oil on wood

Gerard David The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1520 The Met

Facing away from us, a light-skinned woman blowing a silver horn stands in a grassy landscape in this vertical painting. The woman is lit brightly from the upper right, making her ankle-length, white dress glow.

Winslow Homer The Dinner Horn (Blowing the Horn at Seaside), 1870 National Gallery of Art

Autumn, a Wood Path, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1876, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Autumn, a Wood Path, 1876 Cleveland Museum of Art

Apple Blossoms, Martin Johnson Heade, 1873, oil on canvas

Martin Johnson Heade Apple Blossoms, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

Lady Maitland (Catherine Connor, died 1865), Henry Raeburn, 1800, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Lady Maitland (Catherine Connor, died 1865), 1800 The Met

Calling the Cows Home, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1872, oil on wood

Jean-François Millet Calling the Cows Home, ca. 1872 The Met

A blue and white bowl with a flaring rim is filled with small red strawberries, and the currants and cherries scattered around it are arranged along a wooden ledge or table in this horizontal still life painting.

Jacob van Hulsdonck Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl, c. 1620 National Gallery of Art

Two thick, twisting, splintered tree trunks with broken branches stripped of leaves are set against a dark, wooded landscape beneath a nearly black sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Tornado in an American Forest, 1831 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman, both with pale, peachy skin, sit on opposite sides of a burgundy-red, low-backed sofa in a room wallpapered with a striped, floral pattern in this vertical painting.

Edgar Degas Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, c. 1865 National Gallery of Art

Boy Fishing, Eastman Johnson, 1860s, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Boy Fishing, 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

Berthe Morisot with a Muff, Édouard Manet, c. 1871–72, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Berthe Morisot with a Muff, c. 1871–72 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a light-skinned man in a long white wig and red-orange coat, holding a folded piece of paper and standing next to a desk, a large sailing ship off his left shoulder.

John Smibert Richard Bill, 1733 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Man, Jean-François Millet, c. 1845, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Portrait of a Man, c. 1845 National Gallery of Art

Roman Interior, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1760, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Roman Interior, ca. 1760 The Met

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