Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 14)

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 625 to 672 of 1,315.

Boston Harbor, Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century, oil on canvas

Thomas Chambers Boston Harbor, mid 19th century National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water.

Charles-François Daubigny Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois, 1865 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners, Thomas Lawrence, 1794, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners, 1794 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the knees up, a woman wearing an ice- and teal-blue dress and shawl sits in front of a window in this vertical painting. The scene is painted loosely with brushstrokes especially evident in the clothing and background.

Childe Hassam The New York Window, 1912 National Gallery of Art

An elegantly dressed man and woman ride horses toward us and to our right in a landscape with low, rolling hills, stone buildings, and trees in this horizontal painting. The two horses and riders take up the right half of the composition.

Aelbert Cuyp Lady and Gentleman on Horseback, c. 1655, reworked 1660/1665 National Gallery of Art

Cupids in Conspiracy, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s Cleveland Museum of Art

Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, 1890 The Met

Lukas Spielhausen, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532, oil and gold on beech

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lukas Spielhausen, 1532 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Frans Hals, ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century, oil on canvas

Frans Hals Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1650, reworked probably 18th century The Met

Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1532, oil on wood

Hans Holbein the Younger Terminus, the Device of Erasmus, c. 1532 Cleveland Museum of Art

Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat, Paul Cézanne, 1870–71, oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Paul Cézanne Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat, 1870–71 The Met

Self-Portrait, Armand Guillaumin, c. 1872–74, oil on canvas

Armand Guillaumin Self-Portrait, c. 1872–74 Cleveland Museum of Art

Christ Asleep during the Tempest, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1853, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Christ Asleep during the Tempest, ca. 1853 The Met

Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers, Francisco de Goya, 1804, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers, 1804 The Met

This painting shows a man in a yellow jacket standing on a small brown rowboat on a wide, pale green river. Behind him is a large mint-green sailboat, its tall mast bare, the sails folded on the deck.

Childe Hassam Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob, 1902 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a group of people engaged in various activities within a wide green landscape. In the background are distant white-and-blue mountains and a blue sky with soft gray clouds.

Francesco Guardi Erminia and the Shepherds, 1750/1755 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, Camille Pissarro, 1872, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, 1872 The Met

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a field with traces of snow, the snow taking on reflected shades of pink, yellow, orange, and blue from the unseen setting sun. A line of pale yellow illuminates the horizon above the hills beyond.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a grand, domed cathedral by a busy waterway. The dome and the surrounding white buildings are silhouetted against a blue sky with thin white and gray clouds.

Francesco Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1770 National Gallery of Art

Ruined Archway, Francesco Guardi, 1775–93, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Ruined Archway, 1775–93 Art Institute of Chicago

The French Comedians, Antoine Watteau, ca. 1720, oil on canvas

Antoine Watteau The French Comedians, ca. 1720 The Met

Landscape at Saint-Ouen, Georges Seurat, 1878 or 1879, oil on wood, mounted on wood

Georges Seurat Landscape at Saint-Ouen, 1878 or 1879 The Met

A densely packed crowd of men and women, all of them with pale skin and most of them wearing black, stand in a theater lobby beneath a mezzanine level that runs close to the top edge of the composition in this horizontal painting.

Édouard Manet Masked Ball at the Opera, 1873 National Gallery of Art

Coast of Maine, Winslow Homer, 1893, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Coast of Maine, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Midshipman Augustus Brine, John Singleton Copley, 1782, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782 The Met

Portrait of a Man, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a Man, 1632 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

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

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

Lake George, 1872, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1872, 1872 The Met

High Point: Shandaken Mountains, Asher Brown Durand, 1853, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand High Point: Shandaken Mountains, 1853 The Met

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

Arques-la-Bataille, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1884, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Arques-la-Bataille, ca. 1884 The Met

Portrait of a woman in white with a bonnet perched on an architectural feature painting something to her right, a spouting water fountain, greenery, and a an ornate, low white fence behind her.

John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907 Art Institute of Chicago

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Haystacks, Morning, Eragny, 1899 The Met

Several people sit, stand, or stroll along a dirt road that winds from the lower left corner of this horizontal landscape painting into the distance, past trees and cottages under a vivid blue sky.

Meindert Hobbema A View on a High Road, 1665 National Gallery of Art

A young woman sitting with a nude infant lying in her lap is flanked on either side by an older woman to our left and an elderly man with a nude young boy to our right in this vertical painting. They all have pale skin tinged with blue.

El Greco The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist, c. 1595/1600 National Gallery of Art

Six elegantly dressed, light-skinned women, a man with dark brown skin, and a person of short stature gather around a nude baby boy in front of a landscape with a town in the distance in this vertical painting.

Paolo Veronese The Finding of Moses, c. 1581/1582 National Gallery of Art

James McNeill Whistler Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian, 1888(?)-1900 National Gallery of Art

Mount Vesuvius at Midnight, Albert Bierstadt, 1868, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Mount Vesuvius at Midnight, 1868 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Diego Velázquez, ca. 1650, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Portrait of a Man, ca. 1650 The Met

Thomas Wilmer Dewing Lady with a Lute, 1886 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a man with pale, peachy skin, dressed in a black suit and tall hat, looks at us from in front of a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a Gentleman with a Tall Hat and Gloves, c. 1656/1658 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with large sailing ships and smaller vessels. To the right of center is a large ship with several tall masts and many billowing white sails.

Fitz Henry Lane New York Harbor, 1852 National Gallery of Art

Marine, William Merritt Chase, c. 1888, oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Marine, c. 1888 Cleveland Museum of Art

Moorish Buildings in Sunlight, John Singer Sargent, 1879–80, oil on wood

John Singer Sargent Moorish Buildings in Sunlight, 1879–80 The Met

A young girl with medium skin wears a striking dress of black and white stripes with a short lace collar. Behind her is backdrop featuring symbols and native figures. Mangos sit beside her.

Paul Gauguin Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana), 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

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