Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 24)

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 1,105 to 1,152 of 1,315.

Men and women line up to either side of a man seated on a throne in this long, horizontal painting.

Giovanni Bellini An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio, after 1506 National Gallery of Art

Four people wearing earthy brown gather near a stream that runs through a lush forest carpeted and filled with moss, pine, and sage green trees and undergrowth, interlaced with thin, willowy tree trunks in this horizontal landscape…

Camille Corot The Eel Gatherers, 1860/1865 National Gallery of Art

Asters and Fruit on a Table, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1868, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Asters and Fruit on a Table, 1868 The Met

Landscape with Ducks, Charles-François Daubigny, 1872, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape with Ducks, 1872 The Met

The Young Virgin, Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632–33, oil on canvas

Francisco de Zurbarán The Young Virgin, ca. 1632–33 The Met

Portrait of Franklin H. Delano, Eastman Johnson, c. 1881, oil on board

Eastman Johnson Portrait of Franklin H. Delano, c. 1881 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts a scene overlooking a calm body of water. A large sailing ship with two tall masts and a dark hull is anchored on the water, its sails tied up. On the left, there are two people in a small, dark rowboat.

Eugène Boudin Ship on the Touques, c. 1888/1895 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

Large painting of young woman in white dress sitting next to crib.

Jacques-Louis David Madame de Pastoret and Her Son, 1791–92 Art Institute of Chicago

River Scene, Asher Brown Durand, 1854, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand River Scene, 1854 The Met

This painting shows a woman from the chest up, with her head slightly turned to the right. She has fair skin, red lips, and brown hair in an updo.

Paul Gauguin Madame Alexandre Kohler, 1887/1888 National Gallery of Art

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, ca. 1750 The Met

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1643, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, ca. 1643 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a dark corset and white fabric over her shoulders, looks down at needlework in her hands in this vertical painting.

Diego Velázquez The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a woman, her torso facing slightly to the left, her face looking directly at us. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, and red lips in a subtle smile.

Thomas Gainsborough Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a light-skinned woman with dark curly hair and to her right a small, blond child. Both are elegantly dressed, the woman in a dark, short-sleeved dress with gathered bodice and the child in a short-sleeved white dress.

Joshua Johnson Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan, c. 1805 Art Institute of Chicago

A man sitting in a tall, upholstered armchair reads a newspaper in this vertical portrait painting. The man and the room in which he sits is loosely painted with bold, visible strokes throughout.

Paul Cézanne The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement", 1866 National Gallery of Art

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), Jacques-Louis David, 1788, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), 1788 The Met

After the Bullfight, Mary Cassatt, 1873, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt After the Bullfight, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across a body of calm water onto a wooden pier, rowboats, sailboats, and a town on the distant shore, all beneath a cloudy sky that takes up the top three-quarters of this horizontal landscape.

Aelbert Cuyp A Pier Overlooking Dordrecht, early 1640s 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

A rustic, arched, stone bridge spanning a shallow river nearly fills this horizontal landscape.

Hubert Robert The Ponte Salario, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the hips up, a woman whose pale face is deep in shadow stands with her back to us, wearing a black and gray dress and hat, in front of a colorful but loosely painted, indistinct background in this nearly square painting.

Edgar Degas Woman Viewed from Behind (Visit to a Museum), c. 1879-1885 National Gallery of Art

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, Edgar Degas, 1896–98, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1896–98 The Met

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

Young Woman with a Turban, Jacques-Louis David, c. 1780, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Young Woman with a Turban, c. 1780 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Sheepshearers, Jean-François Millet, c. 1857–61, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Sheepshearers, c. 1857–61 Art Institute of Chicago

Seven men, women, and children with pale, peachy skin flank a woman surrounded by a halo of light, sitting on a throne and holding a nearly nude baby boy in her lap in this long, horizontal painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child, c. 1575 National Gallery of Art

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764 Art Institute of Chicago

Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau, 1864, oil on canvas

Gustave Moreau Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 The Met

Majas on a Balcony, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1800–1810, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Majas on a Balcony, ca. 1800–1810 The Met

Dark portrait of an older light-skinned women with dark hair in a black dress and white collar, her hair pinned up. Her face is in partial shadow.

Thomas Eakins Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Shown from about the waist up, a young woman wearing white sits in an armchair cuddling a brown and black striped cat in this vertical painting. The scene is painted with blended brushstrokes, giving it a soft look.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman with a Cat, c. 1875 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

We look across the gleaming, forest-green surface of a lake at the foot of tall, jagged mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a group of people, mostly men, engaged in laborious activities outdoors. The people are minimally clothed, with small pieces of cloth wrapped around their waists.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Work, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art

The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818–?1906, and Laura Anne, 1820–1894), Thomas Lawrence, 1823, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence The Calmady Children (Emily, 1818–?1906, and Laura Anne, 1820–1894), 1823 The Met

Friar Pedro Wrests the Gun from El Maragato, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya Friar Pedro Wrests the Gun from El Maragato, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, Asher Brown Durand, c. 1849, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

Still life of sensuously detailed painting of four white magnolias lying on blue velvet cloth.

Martin Johnson Heade Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

View of La Crescenza, Claude Lorrain, 1648–50, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of La Crescenza, 1648–50 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a bearded man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and jacket, and a broad, layered, white collar, holds up a piece of rolled up paper in this vertical portrait painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a Sheet of Music, 1633 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

A young woman with pale, peachy skin, wearing a long, flowing white dress, stands in front of a white curtain in this vertical portrait painting. Her auburn-red hair cascades down over and behind her shoulders.

James McNeill Whistler Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1861-1863, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

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