Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 13)

Soft and muted

Gentle, low-color paintings that keep a pale room calm. The coolest come first, then the lightest, to suit a cool gray. Showing 577 to 624 of 1,315.

Christ on the Cross, El Greco, c. 1600–1610, oil on canvas

El Greco Christ on the Cross, c. 1600–1610 Cleveland Museum of Art

Sarah Dupont, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1777–79, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Sarah Dupont, c. 1777–79 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

Twenty men, women, and children sit, stand, or stroll along a sandy beach beneath a bright, cloud-filled sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Eugène Boudin Figures on the Beach, c. 1867/1870 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a beach scene with several people gathered on the shore. The people are gathered between four white tent-like structures in the center of the painting.

Eugène Boudin Beach Scene, 1862 National Gallery of Art

Three light-skinned girls hold hands to create a loose ring with their arms extended, in a grassy field in this horizontal painting. All three girls wear white headdresses, ankle-length, long-sleeved dresses, and clogs.

Paul Gauguin Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Mount Washington, Winslow Homer, 1869, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Mount Washington, 1869 Art Institute of Chicago

Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, George Inness, 1871, oil on canvas

George Inness Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, 1871 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts the upper half of a person's body. Their body is facing us, but their head is turned to the right in a three-quarters view, looking away from us.

Gustave Courbet Portrait of a Young Girl, 1857 National Gallery of Art

A loose arrangement of colorful wildflowers bursting out of a red clay jug sits near the back left corner of a tabletop and fills the top two-thirds of this vertical still life painting.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Flowers in a Vase, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

Madam Pompadour, Amedeo Modigliani, 1915, oil on canvas

Amedeo Modigliani Madam Pompadour, 1915 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?), Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535, oil and gold on oak

Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?), 1535 The Met

Music and Dance, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Music and Dance, 1740s Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting in tones of gray and brown, with some green and blue, of a woman digging with a garden tool before a structure with a thatched roof that descends almost to the ground. Above her the sky is gray and blue, a haze of clouds.

Vincent van Gogh A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, c. 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

We look down at and across a sun-soaked landscape with tile-roofed, white-stucco buildings and plowed fields in this horizontal painting.

Willard Leroy Metcalf Midsummer Twilight, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

The painting features a large gray watering can in the bottom right corner, set against a lush garden background. Bushes on the right side are speckled with dots of pink, yellow, blue, orange, and purple, suggesting flowers.

Georges Seurat The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with castle-like structures on a green hill, with a group of people gathering in colorful clothing in the bottom left.

Dosso Dossi The Trojans Building the Temple to Venus and Making Offerings at Anchises's Grave in Sicily, c. 1520 National Gallery of Art

Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, George Inness, 1892, oil on canvas

George Inness Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the knees up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a short wine-red jacket over an ivory-white gown, gazes out at us from this vertical portrait painting.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame d'Aguesseau de Fresnes, 1789 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a woman stands facing us as she turns her head to look off to our right in this vertical portrait painting. The woman has pale, peachy skin, deeply shadowed, hooded eyes, and a straight nose.

Camille Corot Agostina, 1866 National Gallery of Art

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 Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, Jusepe de Ribera, 1648, oil on canvas

Jusepe de Ribera The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, 1648 The Met

Clouds hunker over a water-logged street that separates us from the end of a row of buildings in this horizontal painting. The scene is loosely painted, especially in the sky and water.

Alfred Sisley Flood at Port-Marly, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, ca. 1886–88, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, ca. 1886–88 The Met

This painting shows a woman standing, facing the right, her head slightly angled downward. She has pale skin and dark hair and is wearing a long, pale, blue-gray dress with wide sleeves adorned with black stripes.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman in a Park, 1866 National Gallery of Art

Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise), Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889, oil on paper mounted to board

Albert Bierstadt Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise), ca. 1889 The Met

We look slightly down onto a loosely painted scene with three ballerinas in rose-pink costumes and one man, wearing a black suit and top hat, against a backdrop made up of dabs and strokes of lime, mint, and pine green in this vertical…

Edgar Degas Dancers Backstage, 1876/1883 National Gallery of Art

Large, dark painting of Jesus sitting with three standing soldiers.

Édouard Manet Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto, François Boucher, 1763, oil on canvas

François Boucher Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto, 1763 The Met

André Bénac, Édouard Vuillard, 1936, oil on fabric

Édouard Vuillard André Bénac, 1936 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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

Venetian Glass Workers, John Singer Sargent, 1880–82, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Venetian Glass Workers, 1880–82 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a Woman, 1633 The Met

Gray Day on the Bay, William Merritt Chase, c. 1886, oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Gray Day on the Bay, c. 1886 Cleveland Museum of Art

From a distance, we look down onto and across a lush park filled with elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children gathered in small groups as one woman swings from tall trees in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, James McNeill Whistler, 1863, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, 1863 Art Institute of Chicago

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane, 1854, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, 1854 The Met

A man and two women standing near a bar nearly fill this vertical painting.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Alfred la Guigne, 1894 National Gallery of Art

We look down and across a canal filled with more than two dozen gondolas and sailing boats, and flanked by rows golden-yellow and parchment-white buildings connected by a wide, arched bridge in this horizontal landscape painting.

Francesco Guardi Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice, probably c. 1780 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett), John Singleton Copley, c. 1765–70, pastel on paper mounted on linen

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett), c. 1765–70 Art Institute of Chicago

On the Unadilla, New York, Eastman Johnson, 1884, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson On the Unadilla, New York, 1884 The Met

Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533, oil on beech, with letterpress-printed paper labels

Lucas Cranach the Elder Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533 The Met

A young man with smooth, pale peachy skin and long blond hair looks over his right shoulder at us in this vertical portrait painting. He has light green eyes, a straight nose, full pink lips, and a narrow chin.

Raphael Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515 National Gallery of Art

Gideon Tucker, William Sidney Mount, 1830, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Gideon Tucker, 1830 The Met

Saint Peter Repentant, Georges de La Tour, 1645, oil on canvas

Georges de La Tour Saint Peter Repentant, 1645 Cleveland Museum of Art

Two creamy-white, long-haired dogs facing our right in a snowy field fill this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible, textured strokes in shades of white and ice blue. The dogs have floppy ears and long muzzles.

Franz Marc Siberian Dogs in the Snow, 1909/1910 National Gallery of Art

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

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

Vétheuil, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Vétheuil, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

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