Paintings for Greige Walls (page 14)

Soft and muted

Gentle, low-color paintings that keep a pale room calm. The softest come first, then the lightest, so nothing shouts against greige. Showing 625 to 672 of 1,315.

Sketch for a Ceiling, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Sketch for a Ceiling, 1750s Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the knees up, a light-skinned man and woman are seated side-by-side on grassy rise in a landscape in this horizontal portrait painting.

Charles Willson Peale Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, 1788 National Gallery of Art

Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu, John Singer Sargent, 1909, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu, 1909 Art Institute of Chicago

Bright landscape painting featuring spindly trees with lush leaves surrounded by light-green foliage, a small town visible between the trees at center, and a calm blue sea in the background.

Claude Monet Bordighera, 1884 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, Amedeo Modigliani, c. 1917/19, oil on cardboard

Amedeo Modigliani Portrait of a Woman, c. 1917/19 Art Institute of Chicago

An Alpine Scene, Gustave Courbet, 1874, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet An Alpine Scene, 1874 Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817), Jean-Baptiste Greuze, late 1780s, oil on wood

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Madame Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743–1817), late 1780s The Met

Sunset Sky, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset Sky, 1872 The Met

An arched bridge faintly materializes in a haze of soft turquoise blue and mint green in this horizontal landscape painting. The bridge has four arches under a flat deck, and it extends off each side of the canvas.

Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, 1904 National Gallery of Art

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

Paul Cézanne The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Thomas Eakins, 1873, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat, 1884, oil on wood

Georges Seurat Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884 The Met

Wooded and Hilly Landscape, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Wooded and Hilly Landscape, 1660s Cleveland Museum of Art

The White Tablecloth, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1731–32, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The White Tablecloth, c. 1731–32 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a voluminous, gold-trimmed, white satin gown and a black overdress stands holding a closed fan in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Lady with a Fan, c. 1628 National Gallery of Art

María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, Diego Velázquez, mid-17th century, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, mid-17th century The Met

James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1633–35, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, ca. 1633–35 The Met

Passing off of the Storm, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Passing off of the Storm, 1872 The Met

From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a port-side town along a canal, with a church across the water from us in this horizontal landscape painting. A bright blue sky with billowing white, pink, and gray clouds fills the top two-thirds of the painting.

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

A woman bends double to tend a garden that stretches before us in front of two houses in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Pissarro The Artist's Garden at Eragny, 1898 National Gallery of Art

The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, 1872 The Met

About a dozen ruby-red and bright pink peonies in a gold and green vase sit on a rumpled cloth in this loosely painted, horizontal still life.

Paul Gauguin Still Life with Peonies, 1884 National Gallery of Art

We hover over the bottle-green surface of a river as it rushes toward a horseshoe-shaped waterfall that curves away from us in this horizontal landscape painting.

Frederic Edwin Church Niagara, 1857 National Gallery of Art

Entrance to a Village, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1665, oil on wood

Meindert Hobbema Entrance to a Village, ca. 1665 The Met

Sunset at Sea, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6 (?) or 1905–?6, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Sunset at Sea, 1905–6 (?) or 1905–?6 The Met

A fleet of ships gathers in a river lined by trees and buildings in this horizontal painting.

Aelbert Cuyp The Maas at Dordrecht, c. 1650 National Gallery of Art

From a little above a dirt road, we look past a grove of trees to a broad plain and a lake at the foot of towering, hazy mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Lake Lucerne, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Against a distant, hazy, verdant forest, a petal-pink and amethyst-purple orchid grows from a mossy branch close to us, to our left, while three jewel-toned hummingbirds gather around a nest to our right in this horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871 National Gallery of Art

Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, Thomas Lawrence, 1790, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby, 1790 The Met

A child and man stand facing away from us in this vertical painting. The scene is painted with visible dabs, stipples, and strokes of paint, and many details, especially in the distance, are indistinct.

Édouard Vuillard Child Wearing a Red Scarf, c. 1891 National Gallery of Art

Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789, oil on canvas

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), 1789 The Met

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

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

The Van Moerkerken Family, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1653–54, oil on wood

Gerard ter Borch The Van Moerkerken Family, ca. 1653–54 The Met

A Young Man with a Chain, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn A Young Man with a Chain, c. 1629 or 1632 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows an expansive green and yellow grassland under a textured blue and white sky. The horizon line is high, separating the fields and clouds with a thin line of dark trees and small white buildings.

Georges Seurat A Summer Landscape, 1883 National Gallery of Art

A young woman draws on an oval surface with white chalk while three winged, baby-like putti gather nearby, all on a bank of pale pink clouds in this horizontal painting.

François Boucher Allegory of Painting, 1765 National Gallery of Art

A woman floats among billowing clouds over a rectangular stone coffin in this vertical painting.

Nicolas Poussin The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1630/1632 National Gallery of Art

Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1879, oil on fabric

Camille Pissarro Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

A young woman with light skin stands in a garden, wearing a voluminous, full-length, silvery, shimmering gown in this vertical portrait painting. Her body faces us, as she looks into the distance to our left.

François Boucher Madame Bergeret, possibly 1766 National Gallery of Art

Two men with pale skin, wearing white sleeveless shirts and royal-blue caps, row in unison in a long, narrow boat on a placid blue river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Eakins The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), Hans Memling, ca. 1470, oil on oak

Hans Memling Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), ca. 1470 The Met

Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, Diego Velázquez, probably 1624, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, probably 1624 The Met

Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, Jacob van Hulsdonck, c. 1615–20, oil on panel, the reverse prepared with gesso

Jacob van Hulsdonck Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit, c. 1615–20 Cleveland Museum of Art

A tall, thin, pale-skinned young man stands in a dimly lit room, nearly filling the height of this portrait painting. He faces us with his body turned slightly to our left, and he wears a charcoal-gray suit and black shoes.

James McNeill Whistler George W. Vanderbilt, 1897/1903 National Gallery of Art

Samuel Mifflin, Charles Willson Peale, 1777–80, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Samuel Mifflin, 1777–80 The Met

Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco, ca. 1577–87, oil on canvas

El Greco Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1577–87 The Met

Sea and Cliffs, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Sea and Cliffs, ca. 1885 The Met

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