Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 5)

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 193 to 240 of 1,315.

This painting depicts a collection of large green lily pads and blooming lotus flowers. The flowers are primarily white and pink, resting on the ends of long stems.

Theodore Wores Buddha's Flowers: Lotus, Tokyo, 1894 National Gallery of Art

Irises, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Irises, 1890 The Met

The Shepherd's Song, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The Shepherd's Song, 1891 The Met

Painting of mother in blue, purple, and green-stripped dress washing child's feet.

Mary Cassatt The Child's Bath, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Martin and the Beggar, El Greco, c. 1597–c. 1600, oil on canvas

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, c. 1597–c. 1600 Art Institute of Chicago

Joseph Anthony Jr., Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1795–98, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Joseph Anthony Jr., ca. 1795–98 The Met

The Place du Havre, Paris, Camille Pissarro, 1893, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Place du Havre, Paris, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Two haystacks, dusted with snow, in a hazy, snow-covered field at sunset. The snow is highlighted in purple tones, the sky a yellow and orange gradient.

Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Approaching Storm, Eugène Boudin, 1864, oil on cradled panel

Eugène Boudin Approaching Storm, 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

Water Lilies (Agapanthus), Claude Monet, c. 1915–26, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Water Lilies (Agapanthus), c. 1915–26 Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman and the baby she holds float in a cloud flanked by two winged angels, as two women stand below in this tall, vertical painting. All the people have pale skin shaded with smoke gray, and their necks, fingers, and limbs are elongated.

El Greco Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes, 1597/1599 National Gallery of Art

Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), Camille Pissarro, 1898, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898 The Met

We look across a strip of tall grass and flowers at a river that winds into the distance in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil, 1880 National Gallery of Art

Still life of geranium plant, fruit, water pitcher, and two cats.

Henri Matisse Still Life with Geranium, 1906 Art Institute of Chicago

Surrounded by lush, bright foliage, man and a young girl at close range lean against a fence near a lake. The man is smoking, and both wear straw hats.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Near the Lake, 1879–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, Winslow Homer, 1900–1903, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, 1900–1903 Cleveland Museum of Art

Opulently dressed light-skinned man and woman drink at a small table. A mirror behind them reflects a crowd. Her blue dress and dark hat dominate.

William Glackens At Mouquin's, 1905 Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Peasant, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1892–96, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Seated Peasant, ca. 1892–96 The Met

Waterfall, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1889–91, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Waterfall, ca. 1889–91 The Met

The House with the Cracked Walls, Paul Cézanne, 1892–94, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The House with the Cracked Walls, 1892–94 The Met

A Village Street: Dardagny, Camille Corot, 1852, 1857, or 1863, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Village Street: Dardagny, 1852, 1857, or 1863 The Met

Six jockeys wearing colorful silks sit astride brown and black horses on a grassy field in this horizontal painting. Two more riders wearing top hats sit a bit farther back from the group, and two horses run on a grass track behind that.

Edgar Degas The Races, 1871-1872 National Gallery of Art

The Virgin Adoring the Host, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1852, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres The Virgin Adoring the Host, 1852 The Met

View of the Port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, Eugène Boudin, 1891, oil on canvas

Eugène Boudin View of the Port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter, Alfred Sisley, 1891, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Rue Eugène Moussoir at Moret: Winter, 1891 The Met

Shown from about the knees up, a young woman sits in a chair angled to our right but she turns her face to look at us in this loosely painted, vertical portrait.

Vincent van Gogh La Mousmé, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Treetops against Sky, John Singer Sargent, 1909–13, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Treetops against Sky, 1909–13 The Met

We look onto two black-headed ducks twisting and flailing midair against a slate-gray landscape in this horizontal painting. The silvery white body of the bird to our left faces us as its neck twists to our left, its black wings extended.

Winslow Homer Right and Left, 1909 National Gallery of Art

Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect, Francisco de Goya, 1820, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect, 1820 The Met

A stream meanders back through snowbanks in this wooded landscape, which is created entirely with cool, pale tones of white, gray, blue, lilac, and golden beige in this nearly square painting.

John Henry Twachtman Winter Harmony, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

Haymaking at Éragny, Camille Pissarro, 1892, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Haymaking at Éragny, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

Stream and Rocks, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–8, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Stream and Rocks, ca. 1901–8 The Met

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the knees up, a young woman wearing a white gown and bonnet sits in front of a balcony railing on a sunny day, holding a small dog on her lap in this vertical portrait painting.

Mary Cassatt Young Girl at a Window, c. 1883-1884 National Gallery of Art

A pale turquoise footbridge arching over a pond lined with tall grasses and filled with petal-pink and butter-yellow waterlilies spans this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with touches of vibrant color.

Claude Monet The Japanese Footbridge, 1899 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned young man with a carrot-red beard and hair faces us, straddling a green chair in a sunny outdoor setting in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so his features are indistinct.

Édouard Manet George Moore in the Artist's Garden, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman shown from the knees upwards. She is seated in a woven yellow armchair, with her right arm resting on one arm of the chair, while her left hand rests on her lap.

George Bellows Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey), 1914 National Gallery of Art

Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco, ca. 1577–87, oil on canvas

El Greco Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1577–87 The Met

Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal, Alfred Sisley, 1885, oil on fabric

Alfred Sisley Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal, 1885 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painted in mostly in jewel tones of topaz and aquamarine blue, and sage, spring, and pine green, a meadow is enclosed by a wooden fence, against a landscape of gently rolling hills under a vibrant sky in this horizontal painting.

Alfred Sisley Meadow, 1875 National Gallery of Art

We look across a body of water at two houses, some smaller outbuildings, and a houseboat along the far bank in this abstracted, horizontal landscape painting.

Paul Cézanne At the Water's Edge, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

We look across a placid pond at sandstone-white buildings with brown and terracotta-red roofs nestled within a grove of green trees and plants in this vertical landscape painting.

Paul Cézanne House of Père Lacroix, 1873 National Gallery of Art

Two Girls on a Lawn, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1889, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Two Girls on a Lawn, ca. 1889 The Met

The Banks of the Marne at Charenton, Armand Guillaumin, c. 1895, oil on fabric

Armand Guillaumin The Banks of the Marne at Charenton, c. 1895 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Road from Versailles to Louveciennes, Alfred Sisley, probably 1879, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Road from Versailles to Louveciennes, probably 1879 The Met

Shown from the lap up, a man wearing an ash-brown suit and top hat sits turned mostly away from us, next to a round table, facing a group of at least three women farther back in the room in this vertical painting.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Maxime Dethomas, 1896 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne, John Singleton Copley, 1766, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne, 1766 The Met

Shown from the thighs up, a man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black suit, cape, and hat, stands with one hand on his hip against an elephant-gray background in this vertical portrait painting.

Frans Hals Portrait of a Gentleman, 1650/1652 National Gallery of Art

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