Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 28)

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 1,297 to 1,315 of 1,315.

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763 The Met

A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780s, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Boy in a Red-Lined Cloak, 1780s Cleveland Museum of Art

A shaft of warm light from our left pierces a dark wood filled with tall trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The light falls on a stout white trunk and a portion of the moss-green forest floor near the center of the composition.

George Inness Sunset in the Woods, 1891 National Gallery of Art

A pair of arched cave openings yawn in a steep, rocky cliff face that fills this horizontal painting.

Gustave Courbet La Grotte de la Loue, 1864 National Gallery of Art

A woman wearing a white and pale pink robe and holding a sickle sits on billowing clouds flanked by a lion and two young people in this vertical, oval painting. All three people have pale skin with rosy cheeks and blond hair.

Antoine Watteau Ceres (Summer), c. 1717/1718 National Gallery of Art

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The Prodigal Son, probably c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

Boy Drinking, Annibale Carracci, 1582–83, oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci Boy Drinking, 1582–83 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the lap up, a woman with pale skin wearing a white satin dress and tall white bonnet sits sewing with her body facing our left in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates), 1793/1794 National Gallery of Art

A woman with pale, smooth skin stands wearing a loosely draped, champagne-peach dress in this vertical portrait painting. Her body faces us but she turns her head to look down and off to our right with brown eyes.

Thomas Gainsborough Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1783 National Gallery of Art

Cupid and Psyche, Jacques-Louis David, 1817, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Cupid and Psyche, 1817 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder.

Albert Bierstadt Mountain Brook, 1863 Art Institute of Chicago

The Proposal, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872, oil on canvas

William-Adolphe Bouguereau The Proposal, 1872 The Met

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656–57 The Met

Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens Diana and Her Nymphs Departing for the Hunt, c. 1615 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, James McNeill Whistler, 1871–73, oil on panel

James McNeill Whistler Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, 1871–73 Art Institute of Chicago

A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, probably 1733/1734 National Gallery of Art

Dr. James Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1815, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Dr. James Stuart, c. 1815 Cleveland Museum of Art

Spring Flowers, Claude Monet, 1864, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Spring Flowers, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait, Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1620–21, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck Self-Portrait, ca. 1620–21 The Met

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