Paintings for Dusty Blue Walls (page 34)

Contrasts with your wall

Paintings built around the opposite color, which stand out against this wall. The truest opposites come first. Showing 1,585 to 1,632 of 1,938.

Sarah Ursula Rose, Benjamin West, 1756, oil on canvas

Benjamin West Sarah Ursula Rose, 1756 The Met

John Julius Angerstein (1736–1823), Thomas Lawrence, 1810, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence John Julius Angerstein (1736–1823), 1810 The Met

Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835), Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1783, oil on canvas

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835), 1783 The Met

Six men on horseback and wearing jockeys’ uniforms line up on a grassy field in front of us in this loosely painted horizontal scene. The jockeys and horses’ features are especially freely painted so much of the detail is indistinct.

Edgar Degas The Riders, c. 1885 National Gallery of Art

A dozen men, women, and children walk, stand, or sit on a waterside wharf that spans this horizontal painting. A jetty stretches into the distance at a right angle, starting to the left of center. Dozens more people pack the jetty.

Eugène Boudin Jetty and Wharf at Trouville, 1863 National Gallery of Art

The Baptism of Christ, Jacopo Bassano, ca. 1590, oil on canvas

Jacopo Bassano The Baptism of Christ, ca. 1590 The Met

The Visit, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657, oil on wood

Pieter de Hooch The Visit, ca. 1657 The Met

Three men and a woman sit around a wooden table on the right side of a dimly lit room in this horizontal painting. The scene is painted entirely in warm shades of bronze, golden yellow, and dark brown.

Rembrandt van Rijn Philemon and Baucis, 1658 National Gallery of Art

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), Thomas Gainsborough, 1787, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787 The Met

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman shown from the knees upwards. She is seated in a woven yellow armchair, with her right arm resting on one arm of the chair, while her left hand rests on her lap.

George Bellows Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey), 1914 National Gallery of Art

La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), 1889 The Met

Dark moody painting of crumbling castle tower and walls amidst river and forest.

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond, 1650–55 Art Institute of Chicago

The Denial of Saint Peter, Caravaggio, 1610, oil on canvas

Caravaggio The Denial of Saint Peter, 1610 The Met

Vétheuil, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Vétheuil, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Hussars, 1878 National Gallery of Art

Edmond Cavé (1794–1852), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1844, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Edmond Cavé (1794–1852), 1844 The Met

The Violin Player, James McNeill Whistler, c. 1890–94, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler The Violin Player, c. 1890–94 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the lap up, a woman with peach-colored skin sits leaning sideways against the back of a wooden chair with her head tilted to our left on her long neck in this vertical, stylized portrait.

Amedeo Modigliani Woman with Red Hair, 1917 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Winfield Scott, Asher Brown Durand, 1831, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Mrs. Winfield Scott, 1831 The Met

The Red Bridge, Julian Alden Weir, 1895, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Red Bridge, 1895 The Met

Portrait of a Man, Gustave Courbet, probably ca. 1862, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Portrait of a Man, probably ca. 1862 The Met

Anthony van Dyck The Prefect Raffaele Raggi, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

Very dark painting of a light-skinned, mostly clean-shaven young man in dark suit and dark full-length coat, holding a rolled-up paper and gloves.

James McNeill Whistler Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy, 1894 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, Gerard ter Borch, c. 1665, oil on canvas

Gerard ter Borch Portrait of a Woman, c. 1665 Cleveland Museum of Art

From behind a low stone wall, on which a young woman with pale skin sits, we look across a wide, shimmering blue waterway toward a town along the opposite shore, under a pale blue sky with wispy white clouds in this horizontal landscape…

Berthe Morisot The Harbor at Lorient, 1869 National Gallery of Art

Painted in muted lime green, plum purple, buttercup yellow, slate and royal blue, the head and shoulders of a man with peach-colored skin sitting in front of a window looks at us in this stylized, vertical portrait.

Paul Gauguin Self-Portrait Dedicated to Carrière, 1888 or 1889 National Gallery of Art

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left.

Berthe Morisot Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the waist up, a young, pale-skinned woman with her gray hair piled high atop her head is lit starkly against a dark background in this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s shoulders are angled to our left.

Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, c. 1776/1777 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Woman, Corneille de Lyon, c. 1540, oil on wood

Corneille de Lyon Portrait of a Woman, c. 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Penitence of Saint Jerome, Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515, oil on wood

Joachim Patinir The Penitence of Saint Jerome, ca. 1515 The Met

An Early Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau, Théodore Rousseau, probably 1861, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau An Early Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau, probably 1861 The Met

Portrait of a Young Man, Agnolo Bronzino, 1530s, oil on wood

Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of a Young Man, 1530s The Met

This painting shows a man from the waist up, his body turned slightly to the right. He stands upright, looking at the viewer, holding a golf club or cane horizontally with both hands.

George Bellows Chester Dale, 1922 National Gallery of Art

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples, Vincent van Gogh, 1887, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples, 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558), Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1540, oil and gold on oak

Hans Holbein the Younger Lady Rich (Elizabeth Jenks, died 1558), ca. 1540 The Met

The face of a young woman with pale, peachy skin materializes from a deeply shadowed background in this vertical portrait painting. Shown from the waist up, her body is angled to our right, and her face turns to look at us.

Rembrandt van Rijn Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist, probably begun 1634/1635 and completed 1638/1640 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918), Anders Zorn, ca. 1900, oil on canvas

Anders Zorn Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918), ca. 1900 The Met

Lute Player, Valentin de Boulogne, ca. 1625–26, oil on canvas

Valentin de Boulogne Lute Player, ca. 1625–26 The Met

The Brook in the Woods, Worthington Whittredge, ca. 1885–86, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge The Brook in the Woods, ca. 1885–86 The Met

This painting depicts a large bull standing in a grassy plain. The bull is seen from the side, facing the right. Its head is a rich brown color, while its body and legs are swirled with patches of white and brown.

H. Call Prize Bull, 1876 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a floppy, canary-yellow hat and a long white dress stands in a field of spring green in this vertical painting. Brushstrokes and loose dabs of paint are visible throughout.

Vincent van Gogh Girl in White, 1890 National Gallery of Art

The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1908–09, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre, ca. 1908–09 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1740, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1740 Cleveland Museum of Art

Newport Rocks, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Newport Rocks, 1872 The Met

A young, smiling boy in a ruffled collar, hat, and cumberbun rides outdoors on a brown ram, a small whip held aloft in his hand.

Francisco de Goya Boy on a Ram, 1786–87 Art Institute of Chicago

We look down onto a landscape where several laundry lines have been draped mostly with white sheets or cloth to dry in a flat, grassy yard in front of a rustic house and a distant town in this horizontal painting.

Berthe Morisot Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875 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

Portrait of a Woman, Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1550, oil on wood

Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of a Woman, c. 1550 Cleveland Museum of Art

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