Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 23)

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

The Beach, Late Afternoon, Winslow Homer, 1869, oil on wood

Winslow Homer The Beach, Late Afternoon, 1869 The Met

Seventeenth Century Lady, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Seventeenth Century Lady, ca. 1895 The Met

Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia), Nicolas Poussin, c. 1625–27, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia), c. 1625–27 Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman with a Lute, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662–63, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer Young Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a young woman with pale skin and flushed cheeks looks at us, wearing a long, shimmering white dress partially draped with powder-blue fabric in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Mary Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain (Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain), 1902 National Gallery of Art

A six-story, narrow building stands alone in an otherwise unoccupied lot under the deck of a high bridge, with a river and cityscape in the background in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows The Lone Tenement, 1909 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a wooden table or buffet with a basket of fruit, a vase of pink and white flowers, a book, and a small tray holding a teacup, saucer, and two oranges in this horizontal still life painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life, 1866 National Gallery of Art

A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted. The central panel features the Virgin Mary and and Child flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael, twelve disciples below them in grid formation.

Central Ethiopia Triptych, Late 17th century Art Institute of Chicago

The image shows a wide expanse of land with a horizon featuring rolling hills or small mountains and sparse trees. In the foreground, a person in traditional indigenous attire is pulling on a rope tethered to a resisting horse.

George Catlin Catching Wild Horses - Pawnee, 1861/1869 National Gallery 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

This painting depicts a seated woman looking off to the left, resting her head on her right hand, our left, with her elbow on an abstract green surface.

Joshua Reynolds Annetta Coke, 1758 National Gallery of Art

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1769, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson (1716–1806) with a Dog, ca. 1769 The Met

Mary Campbell Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1815, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Mary Campbell Stuart, c. 1815 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

Winslow Homer The Herring Net, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

A long haired, bearded man holds a whip and stands in the middle of a crowd of about two dozen people who stand or twist, all in a building with columns and arches in this horizontal painting.

El Greco Christ Cleansing the Temple, probably before 1570 National Gallery of Art

Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, James McNeill Whistler, 1885, gouache and watercolor on off-white wove paper, mounted on academy board

James McNeill Whistler Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, 1885 The Met

A row of about a dozen men and women sit, stand, or stroll along a sandy beach beneath a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many of the facial features and other details are indistinct.

Eugène Boudin The Beach, 1877 National Gallery of Art

A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.

Fra Bartolommeo The Nativity, 1504–7 Art Institute of Chicago

Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, Frederic Edwin Church, 1851, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Newport Mountain, Mount Desert, 1851 National Gallery of Art

A Cottage in the Woods, Meindert Hobbema, c. 1662, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema A Cottage in the Woods, c. 1662 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Ford, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1636, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Ford, possibly 1636 The Met

Reverie, Camille Corot, 1857 or later, oil on wood

Camille Corot Reverie, 1857 or later The Met

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), ca. 1810 The Met

Lucia, Frederic Leighton, possibly late 1870s, oil on canvas

Frederic Leighton Lucia, possibly late 1870s The Met

Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1665–72, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, ca. 1665–72 The Met

The Lovesick Maiden, Jan Steen, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jan Steen The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660 The Met

The Adoration of the Shepherds, El Greco, ca. 1612–14, oil on canvas

El Greco The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612–14 The Met

Arched Doorway, John Singer Sargent, 1895–1908 (?), watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Arched Doorway, 1895–1908 (?) The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 The Met

The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene), Paul Cézanne, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene), ca. 1875 The Met

Six men on horseback and wearing jockeys’ uniforms line up on a grassy field in front of us in this loosely painted horizontal scene. The jockeys and horses’ features are especially freely painted so much of the detail is indistinct.

Edgar Degas The Riders, c. 1885 National Gallery of Art

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

Winslow Homer The Flirt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780–82, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), ca. 1780–82 The Met

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1639, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, ca. 1639 The Met

The Collector of Prints, Edgar Degas, 1866, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas The Collector of Prints, 1866 The Met

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), Thomas Gainsborough, 1787, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787 The Met

Boy with a Lute, Frans Hals, ca. 1625, oil on canvas

Frans Hals Boy with a Lute, ca. 1625 The Met

Portrait of a Man, Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1655–60, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait of a Man, ca. 1655–60 The Met

Mountains painted in tones of sage and mint green and mauve purple are backlit against a hazy sky in this expansive, nearly square landscape painting.

Joseph Wright of Derby Italian Landscape, 1790 National Gallery of Art

Edgar Degas Woman Ironing, begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a harbor scene with brown arches and towers on the right, along with tall columns that look like ruins. At the bottom of the painting, people are engaged in various activities along the water's edge.

Francesco Guardi Capriccio of a Harbor, c. 1760/1770 National Gallery of Art

A snowy street with a horse and carriage is flanked to each side by tall buildings in this vertical painting. The overcast scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout, so some details are difficult to make out.

Robert Henri Snow in New York, 1902 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman seated on a wooden chair, facing the right with her head slightly tilted down. She is focused on the thin silver needles she holds in her hands.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Josephine Knitting, 1916 National Gallery of Art

A View near Tivoli (Morning), Thomas Cole, 1832, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole A View near Tivoli (Morning), 1832 The Met

A barefoot man wearing tattered clothing, with his hands clasped at his chest, kneels at the feet of an old, bearded man in this almost square painting. The pair is flanked by five people on our right and a man, boy, and calf on our left.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667/1670 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, Paolo Veronese, after c. 1571, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, after c. 1571 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

The Plate of Apples, Paul Cézanne, c. 1877, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Plate of Apples, c. 1877 Art Institute of Chicago

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