Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 6)

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 241 to 288 of 1,315.

This painting is a portrait of a man shown from the chest up, with his body partially turned to the right and his head facing us, the right side of his face in shadow.

Robert Henri George Cotton Smith, 1908 National Gallery of Art

A woman and two children, all with pale skin and flushed cheeks, sit together in a landscape in this round painting. The woman takes up most of the composition as she sits with her right leg, to our left, tucked under her body.

Raphael The Alba Madonna, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

We look across a river at a bridge that spans the center of this horizontal landscape, which is painted entirely with broad, visible brushstrokes in muted blue, pink, and brown.

Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge, Gray Day, 1903 National Gallery of Art

On a Balcony, Mary Cassatt, 1878–79, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt On a Balcony, 1878–79 Art Institute of Chicago

Across the Campagna, George Inness, 1872, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

George Inness Across the Campagna, 1872 The Met

The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, Édouard Manet, 1874, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a young, pale-skinned woman with her gray hair piled high atop her head is lit starkly against a dark background in this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s shoulders are angled to our left.

Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, c. 1776/1777 National Gallery of Art

James MacAlister (Sketch), Thomas Eakins, ca. 1895, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins James MacAlister (Sketch), ca. 1895 The Met

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on jute canvas

Paul Gauguin Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), 1891 Art Institute of Chicago

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1850s, oil on fabric

Jean-Léon Gérôme Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a landscape with a horizon in the lower third of the composition. On the left side of the painting, there are tall trees along a canal.

Johan Barthold Jongkind The Towpath, 1864 National Gallery of Art

Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey, 1883 The Met

The Harvest, Pontoise (La Récolte, Pontoise), Camille Pissarro, 1881, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Harvest, Pontoise (La Récolte, Pontoise), 1881 The Met

This is a landscape painting depicting a body of water surrounded by greenery, with tall green and purple mountains in the background under a sky full of dark pink clouds and a strip of bright blue-green.

John La Farge The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish, c. 1895 National Gallery of Art

A cleanshaven man wearing a black and red diamond-patterned costume and holding a white wooden sword tucked under one arm stands in a room with a blue background in this vertical painting.

Paul Cézanne Harlequin, 1888-1890 National Gallery of Art

Édouard Manet Portrait of a Lady, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree), Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree), 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress, Paul Cézanne, 1888–90, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress, 1888–90 The Met

Twigs of a magnolia tree with light green, glossy leaves and three cream-white blossoms lie on a sapphire-blue cloth in this horizontal still life painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

Moonlight, Wood Island Light, Winslow Homer, 1894, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Moonlight, Wood Island Light, 1894 The Met

Roses, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Roses, 1890 The Met

This is a painting depicting a social gathering under a large pavilion outdoors. The background shows a green, hilly landscape with hints of brown and white buildings in the distance, under a sky of soft blues with wispy gray clouds.

Eugène Boudin Concert at the Casino of Deauville, 1865 National Gallery of Art

Reading, Berthe Morisot, 1873, oil on canvas

Berthe Morisot Reading, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from about the hips up, a man with peachy skin, wearing an ink-black hat and coat with a bright white collar, looks out at us against a dark background in this vertical portrait painting.

Frans Hals Adriaen van Ostade, 1646/1648 National Gallery of Art

View from the Quai d'Orsay, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1854, oil on canvas, mounted on wood

Johan Barthold Jongkind View from the Quai d'Orsay, 1854 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Canaletto, late 1720s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Piazza San Marco, late 1720s The Met

A sparsely painted waterside scene in dark tones with minimal ghostly shapes suggesting ships, yellow glitches of paint for light reflections, and the orb of an orange moon overhead.

James McNeill Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water, 1872 Art Institute of Chicago

Two animals with golden yellow, brown, and black fur peer out from behind dense jungle foliage in this stylized, vertical painting.

Henri Rousseau The Equatorial Jungle, 1909 National Gallery of Art

Derick Berck of Cologne, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1536, oil on canvas, transferred from wood

Hans Holbein the Younger Derick Berck of Cologne, 1536 The Met

Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.

Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89 Art Institute of Chicago

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins, 1871, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871 The Met

Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, Winslow Homer, 1902, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, 1902 The Met

Four women and two children, all with pale skin, carry baskets as they walk along a beach under a brilliant blue sky in this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible dabs and blended strokes.

John Singer Sargent En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish), 1878 National Gallery of Art

Firemen's Washing Day, William P. Chappel, 1870s, oil on slate paper

William P. Chappel Firemen's Washing Day, 1870s The Met

Outskirts of Paris, Henri Rousseau, c. 1897–1905, oil on fabric

Henri Rousseau Outskirts of Paris, c. 1897–1905 Cleveland Museum of Art

Apples and grapes rest in a shallow wicker basket on a table covered with a light-colored cloth. Additional fruit is scattered on the table.

Claude Monet Apples and Grapes, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

Orange, yellow, and white flowers in a brown vase on a round table, with a blue-green floral tablecloth and mottled, brownish background.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Chrysanthemums, 1881–82 Art Institute of Chicago

Fantastic Landscape, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Fantastic Landscape, ca. 1765 The Met

Sleep, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1867–70, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Sleep, ca. 1867–70 The Met

View of the Seacoast near Wargemont in Normandy, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1880, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir View of the Seacoast near Wargemont in Normandy, 1880 The Met

The Pond (La Mare), Théodore Rousseau, 1855, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Pond (La Mare), 1855 The Met

We look down at a wooden tabletop with two playing cards among stacked rectangles and wedges in this vertical, abstract painting. The two playing cards we can make out are a four of diamonds to our left and an ace of clubs to our right.

Juan Gris Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds, 1915 National Gallery of Art

Abstract line composition of black lines at right angles forming quadrants including a gray square at upper left and a gray rectangle and red rectangle at lower right, against a white background.

Piet Mondrian Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red, 1935 Art Institute of Chicago

From a high perspective, we look beyond two overlapping, emerald-green hills to a body of powder-blue water dotted with sailboats in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet Cliffs at Pourville, 1882 National Gallery of Art

The Seine at Bas-Meudon, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865, oil on fabric

Johan Barthold Jongkind The Seine at Bas-Meudon, 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, 1730s The Met

A waterway flanked by low banks curves away from us in front of a band of rolling hills in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The water is created with wide strokes of white, ice blue, or the muted jewel tones of the hills.

Paul Gauguin Brittany Landscape, 1888 National Gallery of Art

In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly rolling white and gray clouds in this horizontal landscape painting.

Bernardo Bellotto The Fortress of Königstein, 1756-1758 National Gallery of Art

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