Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 18)

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 817 to 864 of 1,315.

The Hermit (Il solitario), John Singer Sargent, 1908, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent The Hermit (Il solitario), 1908 The Met

Ecuadorian landscape with people, palm trees, waterfall, and volcano in background.

Frederic Edwin Church View of Cotopaxi, 1857 Art Institute of Chicago

Moonlight, Strandgade 30, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900–1906, oil on canvas

Vilhelm Hammershøi Moonlight, Strandgade 30, 1900–1906 The Met

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

Gustave Courbet An Alpine Scene, 1874 Art Institute of Chicago

The Forest Stream, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael The Forest Stream, ca. 1660 The Met

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, Henri Rousseau, 1908, oil on fabric

Henri Rousseau Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908 Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of Saint Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo, Hubert Robert, c.1769, oil on canvas

Hubert Robert Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of Saint Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo, c.1769 Cleveland Museum of Art

Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain, Diego Velázquez, 1640, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain, 1640 The Met

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

The image shows a portrait of a man with a soft, round face, a slightly double chin, small eyes, and a neutral expression. He has gray, voluminous hair styled in the fashion of the 18th century.

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1760 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

We look up at the exterior of a church that soars the height of this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight, 1894 National Gallery of Art

The rounded, feathery canopies of trees are mirrored in the placid surface of a river in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dashes and strokes. The largest tree is to our right of center.

Claude Monet The Seine at Giverny, 1897 National Gallery of Art

This nearly square, sketchy painting shows the interior of an empty courtyard, created in milky tones of oatmeal brown, ivory, muted brick red, eucalyptus green, and slate blue.

John Singer Sargent Pavement, Cairo, 1891 National Gallery of Art

A young woman with pale, peachy skin, wearing a long, silvery blue dress with a rose-pink train looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Miss Mathilde Townsend, 1907 National Gallery of Art

Dozens of men with several women and a few children gather in pairs or small groups across a sun-drenched plaza in front of a domed church next to a long, pale pink building in this horizontal painting.

Canaletto The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

We look across a dark, aquamarine-blue body of water at a bulky, stony outcropping to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Frederick Kensett Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857 National Gallery of Art

Dancers Practicing at the Barre, Edgar Degas, 1877, mixed media on canvas

Edgar Degas Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877 The Met

This painting shows a person bent over, working the land outdoors. The person is in the center of the painting, surrounded by green grass and dark trees. The sky is not visible. In the bottom left corner, there is a section of brown earth.

Georges Seurat Man with a Hoe, c. 1882 National Gallery of Art

Against a hilly landscape and on a patch of dirt, five people wearing tattered clothing gather around a bearded man who holds a violin in his lap in this horizontal painting. Most of them have pale skin.

Édouard Manet The Old Musician, 1862 National Gallery 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

Autumn: The Woodland Pond, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1867, oil on canvas

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Autumn: The Woodland Pond, 1867 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing an off-the-shoulder, black gown stands in front of a maroon-red wall in this vertical portrait painting. Her body is angled to our left, but she turns her round face to us.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Madame Moitessier, 1851 National Gallery of Art

A Boy with a Cat—Morning, Thomas Gainsborough, 1787, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough A Boy with a Cat—Morning, 1787 The Met

Scene on the Mersey, James McNeill Whistler, 1869, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

James McNeill Whistler Scene on the Mersey, 1869 The Met

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

John Frederick Kensett Sunset Sky, 1872 The Met

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

Watercolor of man with golden halo on horse, green background.

Ghasi Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession, c. 1820 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

Market Place, John Singer Sargent, 1890s, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Market Place, 1890s The Met

The Brierwood Pipe, Winslow Homer, 1864, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Brierwood Pipe, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Horsewoman, Théodore Géricault, 1820 or later, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Horsewoman, 1820 or later The Met

The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions, Nicolás Enríquez, 1773, oil on copper

Nicolás Enríquez The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions, 1773 The Met

Close to us, a young man and three boys sit or recline in a small sailboat that tips to our left on a choppy dark green sea in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Magi, Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1475, oil and gold on oak

Hieronymus Bosch The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1475 The Met

Auvers (Washerwomen), Charles-François Daubigny, 1861, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Auvers (Washerwomen), 1861 National Gallery of Art

The Dance Class, Edgar Degas, 1874, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas The Dance Class, 1874 The Met

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

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

Field with Young Trees in the Foreground, Piet Mondrian, c. 1907, oil on paper laid on board

Piet Mondrian Field with Young Trees in the Foreground, c. 1907 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Charles Willson Peale Samuel Mifflin, 1777–80 The Met

Worthington Whittredge, Emanuel Leutze, 1856, oil on canvas

Emanuel Leutze Worthington Whittredge, 1856 The Met

We look across a river at a long, flat bridge that runs parallel to a hazy, city skyline in the distance in this horizontal painting.

Camille Pissarro Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1890 National Gallery of Art

Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet Beach in Normandy, c. 1872/1875 National Gallery of Art

House and Courtyard, John Singer Sargent, 1895–1903 (?), watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent House and Courtyard, 1895–1903 (?) The Met

Women Picking Olives, Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Women Picking Olives, 1889 The Met

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

This painting shows a woman standing, her left arm raised to her chest. She has dark hair in an updo and adorned with a white accessory, and wears a dress in shades of blue, white, and tan. She has a black necklace around her neck.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman Standing by a Tree, 1866 National Gallery of Art

We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in the center distance below a sky filled with towering white clouds in this horizontal painting.

John Constable Wivenhoe Park, Essex, 1816 National Gallery of Art

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