Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 23)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 1,057 to 1,104 of 1,211.

About a dozen rust-orange and golden yellow apples and peaches are arranged on a white plate next to white and floral-patterned cloths nestled around a white pitcher and bowl, all on a wood tabletop that tilts toward us in this nearly…

Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples and Peaches, c. 1905 National Gallery of Art

A woman with dark hair pulled up in a bun, wearing a long, muted lilac-purple silk dress, stands singing in front of woman playing a piano and a man playing a cello in a dimly lit room in this vertical painting.

Thomas Eakins Singing a Pathetic Song, 1881 National Gallery of Art

Julie Le Brun (1780–1819) Looking in a Mirror, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1787, oil on canvas

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Julie Le Brun (1780–1819) Looking in a Mirror, 1787 The Met

Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1665–72, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, ca. 1665–72 The Met

The Hatch Family, Eastman Johnson, 1870–71, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson The Hatch Family, 1870–71 The Met

A woman with smooth, pale skin and wearing a hat, long dress, and gloves, stands holding a bunch of pumpkin-orange leaves against a background of trees painted with touches of rust orange and pine green in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer Autumn, 1877 National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519, oil on linden

Albrecht Dürer Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, probably 1519 The Met

Shown from the shoulders up, a clean-shaven, pale-skinned man with shoulder-length brown hair and dressed in black fills this vertical portrait painting.

Giovanni Bellini Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman, c. 1500 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a woman reaching to pick a water lily from a pond. She is crouching atop a fallen log, leaning over to submerge her right hand in the water.

Eastman Johnson Gathering Lilies, 1865 National Gallery of Art

A woman playing a lute sits next to a table, on which a man perches and leans toward her in this vertical painting. Two people look on from the background. All the people have pale skin.

Jan Steen Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson), 1667 National Gallery of Art

A broken white and gray birch tree trunk has fallen across a rocky, shallow waterfall at the edge of a dense, deeply shadowed forest in this horizontal landscape painting.

Jacob van Ruisdael Forest Scene, c. 1655 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Cottages, John Constable, 1809–10, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape with Cottages, 1809–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Two Children Teasing a Cat, Annibale Carracci, 1588, oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci Two Children Teasing a Cat, 1588 The Met

Queen Charlotte, Thomas Gainsborough, 1768, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Queen Charlotte, 1768 The Met

The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, Nicolas Poussin, c. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, c. 1627 Cleveland Museum of Art

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, James McNeill Whistler, 1896–97, oil on panel

James McNeill Whistler Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, 1896–97 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini, Unknown artist, 1494(?), tempera on wood

Unknown artist Portrait of a Man, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini, 1494(?) The Met

Women Working in a Field, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Women Working in a Field, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Boy with a Greyhound, Paolo Veronese, possibly 1570s, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Boy with a Greyhound, possibly 1570s The Met

Two women with pale skin look out at us from the other side of a rectangular window opening with a shadowy interior behind them in this vertical painting.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Two Women at a Window, c. 1655/1660 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple), John Singer Sargent, 1888, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Mrs. Charles Deering (Marion Denison Whipple), 1888 Art Institute of Chicago

The Studio, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Studio, 1867 The Met

Portrait of Hugh Hope, Henry Raeburn, c. 1810, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Portrait of Hugh Hope, c. 1810 Cleveland Museum of Art

George Harley Drummond (1783–1855), Henry Raeburn, ca. 1808–9, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn George Harley Drummond (1783–1855), ca. 1808–9 The Met

The New Bonnet, Eastman Johnson, 1876, oil on academy board

Eastman Johnson The New Bonnet, 1876 The Met

A man stands with one arm resting over the back of a chestnut-brown horse as two women approach the animal in this horizontal portrait painting set in a landscape. The people have pale skin, dark eyes, and ash-brown or gray hair.

George Stubbs Captain Samuel Sharpe Pocklington with His Wife, Pleasance, and possibly His Sister, Frances, 1769 National Gallery of Art

Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge, 1892–95 Art Institute of Chicago

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), El Greco, ca. 1600, oil on canvas

El Greco Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), ca. 1600 The Met

Portrait of General José Manuel Romero, Francisco de Goya, c. 1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Portrait of General José Manuel Romero, c. 1810 Art Institute of Chicago

Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau, 1864, oil on canvas

Gustave Moreau Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 The Met

An Egyptian in a Doorway, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1865, oil on wood

Lawrence Alma-Tadema An Egyptian in a Doorway, 1865 The Met

A young girl with light skin, round, rosy cheeks, and blond hair holds an apple and wears a full, ankle-length, silvery white dress with puffy sleeves in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Maddalena Cattaneo, 1623 National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim, Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1454, tempera and gold on wood

Andrea Mantegna Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim, ca. 1454 The Met

This painting depicts a seated woman facing the left. She has a pale complexion, rosy cheeks, arched eyebrows, and thin red lips set in a neutral expression. Her hands are resting on her lap.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Cornewall, c. 1785-1786 National Gallery of Art

Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Broken Eggs, 1756 The Met

Shown from the chest up, a clean-shaven young man with pale, peachy skin looks off to our left against a cloudy sky in this vertical portrait painting.

Giovanni Bellini Portrait of a Young Man in Red, c. 1480 National Gallery of Art

Dense green vegetation surrounds a band of sun-dappled boulders that arc shallowly across this horizontal landscape painting. Just to our left of center and on our side of the boulders are several slender tree trunks.

Camille Corot Rocks in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1860/1865 National Gallery of Art

An older man with a tanned skin and a white beard is shown from the waist up against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our right but he turns his head to look to our left.

Titian Doge Andrea Gritti, c. 1546/1550 National Gallery of Art

Edouard Delessert, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1864, oil on panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Edouard Delessert, 1864 National Gallery of Art

The head of a pale-skinned man nearly fills this shadowy, vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle to our right, and his dark eyes cut back to look at us.

Édouard Vuillard Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote, Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1771–72, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote, c. 1771–72 Cleveland Museum of Art

John Barker (1707–1787), Joshua Reynolds, 1786, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds John Barker (1707–1787), 1786 The Met

The Music Lesson, Gerard ter Borch, c. 1670, oil on canvas

Gerard ter Borch The Music Lesson, c. 1670 Art Institute of Chicago

Sunrise, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1646–47, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Sunrise, possibly 1646–47 The Met

Sunset near Arbonne, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1860–65, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau Sunset near Arbonne, ca. 1860–65 The Met

The Edge of the Woods, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1872, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Edge of the Woods, 1872 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a woman wearing a shimmering teal-blue gown and holding a garland of flowers stands in front of columns and a landscape in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singleton Copley Anne Fairchild Bowler (Mrs. Metcalf Bowler), c. 1763 National Gallery of Art

A woman and child stand in an enclosed courtyard in this vertical painting.

Pieter de Hooch Woman and Child in a Courtyard, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

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