Paintings for Greige Walls (page 23)

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 1,057 to 1,104 of 1,315.

The painting shows a coastal landscape from an elevated point of view. A structure resembling a thatched-roof cottage is on the right, partially obscured by the rolling green hills that take up the bottom right area of the painting.

Henri Moret The Island of Raguenez, Brittany, 1890/1895 National Gallery of Art

Two horses, one dark brown and one cream white, stand together to our right against a landscape with rolling, sage-green hills and a river or canal in this horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Horses in a Meadow, 1871 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Haywain, Worthington Whittredge, 1861, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Landscape with Haywain, 1861 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painted portrait of a seated young light-skinned girl with brown hair in a gauzy white dress and hat, eyes downcast, holding a basket.

Berthe Morisot Young Girl with Hat, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, Sano di Pietro, ca. 1440, tempera and gold on wood

Sano di Pietro Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, ca. 1440 The Met

Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of a stormy sea, a nude, light-skinned satyr reclines to our right as a nude, pale-skinned, blond child crouches over some objects on the dirt ground to our left in this vertical…

Lorenzo Lotto Allegory of Virtue and Vice, 1505 National Gallery of Art

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown.

Meindert Hobbema The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665 Art Institute of Chicago

A Matador, Édouard Manet, 1866–67, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet A Matador, 1866–67 The Met

Head of Saint John the Evangelist, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, probably ca. 1818–20, oil on canvas, laid down on wood

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Head of Saint John the Evangelist, probably ca. 1818–20 The Met

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin, 1658, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658 The Met

The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet, 1868, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting displays a young girl sitting, her head and body slightly turned to the left. She has fair skin and light reddish-brown hair tied back with a blue ribbon, a few curls framing her face.

Berthe Morisot Young Girl with an Apron, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Painting composed of short, broad, linear brushstrokes suggesting green-leaved forest trees with light trunks on pale green grass.

Berthe Morisot Forêt de Compiègne, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760 Art Institute of Chicago

From a distance, we look slightly down into a lush park filled pairs and groups of elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children frolicking and socializing in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Blindman's Buff, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

An October Day in the White Mountains, John Frederick Kensett, 1854, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett An October Day in the White Mountains, 1854 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, Charles-François Daubigny, 1873, oil on wood panel

Charles-François Daubigny The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

A vase holding mostly white flowers sits on a floral-patterned cloth in this vertical still life painting. The ice-blue vase has a narrow foot, tall, slightly tapering sides, round shoulders, and a long neck flanked by handles.

Paul Cézanne Vase of Flowers, 1900/1903 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, a woman with pale skin, iron-gray hair, and wearing a high-collared, long-sleeved black dress, stands next to a table against a caramel-brown wall in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Eleanora O'Donnell Iselin (Mrs. Adrian Iselin), 1888 National Gallery of Art

Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, Gustave Caillebotte, 1893, oil on canvas

Gustave Caillebotte Chrysanthemums in the Garden at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1893 The Met

A long-haired, small white dog with tawny-brown ears and spots sits on a garnet-red cushion in this loosely painted vertical portrait. The dog looks just to our left with large, round, black eyes under perked eyebrows.

Édouard Manet A King Charles Spaniel, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Camille Corot, 1865/70, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Landscape, 1865/70 Art Institute of Chicago

Colonel Francis James Scott, Henry Raeburn, 1796/1811, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Colonel Francis James Scott, 1796/1811 National Gallery of Art

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, Titian, mid-1550s, oil on canvas

Titian Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, mid-1550s The Met

George Washington, Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1779–81, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale George Washington, ca. 1779–81 The Met

This painting shows a cluster of trees against a bright sky in shades of pale yellow and pale seafoam green. Closest to us, a green-gray path stretches horizontally next to tall teal and blue grasses.

Julian Alden Weir Moonlight, c. 1905 National Gallery of Art

The White Bridge, John Henry Twachtman, after 1895, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman The White Bridge, after 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

We look down on a few dozen people walking along the sidewalks of a wide, sunlit bridge in this almost square painting. The scene is loosely painted, which gives it a hazy, sun-dappled look and makes some details indistinct.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pont Neuf, Paris, 1872 National Gallery of Art

A young, light-skinned, rosy-cheeked child stands against a landscape of trees and rolling hills in this vertical portrait painting. Some areas are loosely painted, especially in the background, giving the portrait a soft look.

Thomas Gainsborough Master John Heathcote, c. 1771/1772 National Gallery of Art

Vibrant yellow, red, blue, and green painting of landscape with trees and mountains.

Wassily Kandinsky Landscape with Two Poplars, 1912 Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), Edgar Degas, 1865, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), 1865 The Met

Landscape with a Village in the Distance, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646, oil on wood

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Village in the Distance, 1646 The Met

The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), Théodore Rousseau, 1839, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), 1839 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned, bearded man dressed in black gazes at us in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our left, and he looks at us from the corners of his hazel eyes under thick brows.

Jacopo Tintoretto Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View, 1552/1556 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a young boy with pale, peachy skin wears a voluminous, black cloak that nearly falls off his shoulders over a rose-pink tunic, with a sword hanging from one hip in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Ranuccio Farnese, 1541-1542 National Gallery of Art

Man with a Magnifying Glass, Rembrandt van Rijn, early 1660s, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a Magnifying Glass, early 1660s The Met

This painting shows a scene with several people spaced out across a grassy expanse. The horizon is high in the painting, lined with white structures with red roofs and green trees.

Georges Seurat Figures in a Landscape, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

Lush treetops give way to a body of water and a hill in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin, c. 1884 National Gallery of Art

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey, India, c. 1705–1710, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

India A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey, c. 1705–1710 Art Institute of Chicago

This horizontal landscape is painted with broad, visible strokes in shades of laurel, fern, and pine green, dark yellow, and ash brown.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Landscape between Storms, 1874/1875 National Gallery of Art

The Artist in His Studio, James McNeill Whistler, 1865–66, oil on paper mounted on panel

James McNeill Whistler The Artist in His Studio, 1865–66 Art Institute of Chicago

Repose, John White Alexander, 1895, oil on canvas

John White Alexander Repose, 1895 The Met

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, Giovanni di Paolo, 1445, tempera and gold on wood

Giovanni di Paolo The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, 1445 The Met

This painting shows a grand building with elaborate arches, columns, statues, and staircases, in front of which is a courtyard filled with people facing away from us.

Francesco Guardi Temporary Tribune in the Campo San Zanipolo, Venice, 1782 or after National Gallery of Art

Adoration of the Magi, Titian, 1500s, oil on canvas

Titian Adoration of the Magi, 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art

This vertical portrait painting shows the head and shoulders of a person with pale peach skin and an auburn, cheek-length bob hairstyle. The person has high cheek bones, deep pink lips, and an angular, pointed chin.

Amedeo Modigliani Madame Kisling, c. 1917 National Gallery of Art

In a dance studio, two ballerinas wearing knee-length tutus and ballet slippers sit on a bench and stretch to our right while four more pose at the back of the space, to our left, in this long, horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Before the Ballet, 1890/1892 National Gallery of Art

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth, Edgar Degas, ca. 1875, oil colors freely mixed with turpentine on canvas

Edgar Degas Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth, ca. 1875 The Met

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