Paintings for Charcoal Walls (page 4)

Warm palettes

Golds, reds and browns. The ones that differ most from the wall in lightness come first, because they stand out best. Showing 145 to 192 of 1,211.

This painting shows a pastoral setting with a large white-and-gray house on a hill to the left. Distant people stand in front of the house, along with a horse-drawn wagon.

Edward Hicks The Grave of William Penn, c. 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seated woman, her body turned slightly to the left and her head turned towards us. She is holding a small white mask in her right hand, balancing it on one of her knees.

Thomas Wilmer Dewing Lady with a Mask, 1911 National Gallery of Art

Three figures stand side by side in an outdoor setting. The person on the left is facing forward, holding a shield. They have long dark hair with feathers and wear a fringed outfit.

George Catlin Two Nezperce Warriors and a Boy, 1855/1869 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of five individuals - four standing and one seated in the foreground. The standing individuals have varied hand positions; two hold long pipes, and one appears to hold a bow and arrow.

George Catlin Chief and Members of the Konza Tribe, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

Painting of vibrantly colored shapes and lines intersecting and overlapping.

Wassily Kandinsky Painting with Green Center, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1871, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, 1871 The Met

The painting shows a landscape with a calm body of water stretching across the center, beyond a brown bank of rocks and short green grass. A thin tree rises up on the left.

Théodore Rousseau Landscape with Boatman, c. 1860 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with people at a campsite in the foreground. There are tents under trees, a plain leading to a hill in the background, and more hills further away.

George Catlin Expedition Encamped on a Texas Prairie. April 1686, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

Three people gather around the doorway of a small cottage set in a sun-warmed yard in this almost square painting.

George Caleb Bingham Cottage Scenery, 1845 National Gallery of Art

Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Anders Zorn, 1894, oil on canvas

Anders Zorn Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, 1894 The Met

A tired-looking brown and white cow lies down on a patch of dry earth, a dark-brown bull and cow standing behind her against an overcast sky.

Paulus Potter Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647 Art Institute of Chicago

The Chariot of Aurora, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Chariot of Aurora, 1760s The Met

Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Twilight on the Sound, Darien, Connecticut, 1872 The Met

Study of Two Bedouins, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Study of Two Bedouins, 1905–6 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across a palm-tree lined river winding into the distance before a monumental, snow-covered mountain at the center of the composition in this horizontal landscape.

Frederic Edwin Church Tamaca Palms, 1854 National Gallery of Art

Two men are situated inside a coral-red building that fills the left two-thirds of this composition, and two men are shown in a body of water in a landscape to our right in this horizontal painting.

Fra Filippo Lippi Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus, c. 1445/1450 National Gallery of Art

Open Doorway, Morocco, John Singer Sargent, 1879–80, oil on wood

John Singer Sargent Open Doorway, Morocco, 1879–80 The Met

Oleanders, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Oleanders, 1888 The Met

Gathering Storm on Long Island Sound, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Gathering Storm on Long Island Sound, 1872 The Met

The image shows a group of individuals on horseback in a landscape with hills in the distance. The perspective is from above, providing a panoramic view of the scene.

George Catlin Camanchee Horsemanship, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

Beneath two tall, tower-like structures, thirteen men, women, and children gather to give or receive food and foodstuff, all against a shiny gold background in this vertical painting. All the people have light skin tinged with green.

Andrea di Bartolo Joachim and Anna Giving Food to the Poor and Offerings to the Temple, c. 1400/1405 National Gallery of Art

A dark-haired, disembodied head of a haloed man with pale, peach skin floats against a red and yellow background in this vertical portrait.

Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait, 1889 National Gallery of Art

A person rides a horse away from us on a narrow dirt path curving through a forest dominated by golden yellow trees in this vertical landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Forest of Coubron, 1872 National Gallery of Art

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, 1760s The Met

Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", Asher Brown Durand, 1850, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Landscape—Scene from "Thanatopsis", 1850 The Met

A screen made up of five tall, rectangular panels, set side by side and each surrounded by a gold frame, is painted as a single scene showing a tree-lined sidewalk curving around a park in a city.

Édouard Vuillard Place Vintimille, 1911 National Gallery of Art

Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins to kneel before a woman and baby at the lower center of this circular painting. All the people have pale skin.

Fra Angelico The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1440/1460 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Jean-Charles Cazin, after 1876, oil on canvas

Jean-Charles Cazin Landscape, after 1876 National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child, Gerard David, 1490–1523, oil on oak panel

Gerard David Virgin and Child, 1490–1523 The Met

In this painting, a collection of large, ripe peaches sits on a light green plate with a white rim. The peaches are painted in shades of orange, yellow, and red, with some areas of dark red and black.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Peaches on a Plate, 1902/1905 National Gallery of Art

For the Little One, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1896, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase For the Little One, ca. 1896 The Met

This painting shows an adult woman and two children on a white lounge chair. The adult is sitting on the chair with her legs extended, supporting one of the children who is lying across her lap.

George Bellows My Family, 1916 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto and across a wide, boat-filled river under a cloudy sky at the far bank, which is lined with buildings, in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

James McNeill Whistler Battersea Reach, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art

A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.

Fra Bartolommeo The Nativity, 1504–7 Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), Thomas Cole, 1836, oil and pencil on composition board

Thomas Cole Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), 1836 The Met

We look across a wide, low clearing at a mountain rising beyond rocky hills, which are mostly covered in pines and blazing red and orange autumn trees, in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), 1839 National Gallery of Art

The Siesta, Paul Gauguin, ca. 1892–94, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin The Siesta, ca. 1892–94 The Met

The image displays a child standing and facing forward. The child has a round face with rosy cheeks, wide blue eyes, and a small closed mouth. The child's hair is light and short.

Abram Ross Stanley Joshua Lamb, 1842 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a woman depicted from the waist up. She is seated in a red armchair with gold details, slightly turned to the right, with her hands resting in her lap.

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

A band of indigenous Americans ride horses toward and through a herd of buffalo, which spreads along a river that winds through plains to mountains in the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt The Last of the Buffalo, 1888-1889 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman stands close to us with a red schoolhouse in the distance under a sunset sky in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer The Red School House, 1873 National Gallery of Art

Haystacks: Autumn, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874 The Met

Roland, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Roland, ca. 1902 The Met

Venice: The Rialto, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Rialto, 1763 The Met

Lion, Unknown artist, after 1200, fresco, mounted on canvas

Unknown artist Lion, after 1200 The Met

View of Lormes, Camille Corot, early 1840s, oil on canvas

Camille Corot View of Lormes, early 1840s The Met

Shown from the lap up, a pale-skinned woman with an oval face and long neck sits facing us in this vertical painting. The portrait is created with areas of mottled colors outlined with black lines.

Amedeo Modigliani Girl in a Green Blouse, 1917 National Gallery of Art

The Immaculate Conception, Guido Reni, 1627, oil on canvas

Guido Reni The Immaculate Conception, 1627 The Met

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