Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 8)

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 337 to 384 of 1,315.

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1897, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897 The Met

A nearly nude man with peachy skin stands next to and looks up at a man with ashen, ivory-colored skin, wearing armor and riding a bright white horse in this vertical painting.

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1600/1614 National Gallery of Art

Pond at Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot, late 1860s, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Pond at Ville-d'Avray, late 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

Bright landscape painting featuring spindly trees with lush leaves surrounded by light-green foliage, a small town visible between the trees at center, and a calm blue sea in the background.

Claude Monet Bordighera, 1884 Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse), Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse), 1889 Art Institute of Chicago

A pale-skinned woman wearing a cream-white dress stands in front of a shadowy landscape in this vertical portrait painting. Facing us, the woman looks directly out with dark gray eyes under gently curving brows.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Elizabeth Compton, 1780-1782 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape painting shows a cluster of tan and rust-brown buildings set on a tiny island at the center of a wide brownish-gray river.

Camille Corot The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome, 1825/1828 National Gallery of Art

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1890–95, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature), ca. 1890–95 The Met

Catherine Brooks Hall, William Sidney Mount, ca. 1830, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Catherine Brooks Hall, ca. 1830 The Met

Fishing, Édouard Manet, ca. 1862–63, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Fishing, ca. 1862–63 The Met

Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading, James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1880–90, oil on wood

James McNeill Whistler Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading, ca. 1880–90 The Met

A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1874 The Met

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat, 1887–88, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), 1887–88 The Met

A bearded man with a coppery-peach completion, wearing a dark, navy-blue brimmed cap, vest, jacket, and pants sits on a wooden bench or chair against a green background in this vertical portrait.

Paul Cézanne The Gardener Vallier, 1906 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a coastal scene with a rocky tan cliff on the left side extending down to the blue sea. The horizon is in the middle of the painting, with a bright, slightly cloudy blue sky above the sea.

Eugène Boudin Washerwomen on the Beach of Etretat, 1894 National Gallery of Art

Charing Cross Bridge, London, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1867, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Jalais Hill, Pontoise, 1867 The Met

View of the Seine, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat View of the Seine, 1882–83 The Met

Tahitian Landscape, Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Tahitian Landscape, 1892 The Met

This painting depicts a large bull standing in a grassy plain. The bull is seen from the side, facing the right. Its head is a rich brown color, while its body and legs are swirled with patches of white and brown.

H. Call Prize Bull, 1876 National Gallery of Art

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center of a garden dominated by towering yellow and burnt-orange sunflowers in this loosely painted, vertical scene.

Claude Monet The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 National Gallery of Art

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, Winslow Homer, 1869 (?), oil on wood

Winslow Homer Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, 1869 (?) The Met

Woman and Child at the Well, Camille Pissarro, 1882, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Woman and Child at the Well, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

We find ourselves on an emerald-green, grassy racetrack as a dusty cluster of horses and their jockeys bear directly down on us in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Édouard Manet At the Races, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art

Horseneck Falls, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1889–1900, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Horseneck Falls, ca. 1889–1900 The Met

Painting of a young woman outdoors in a light purple dress and head covering with a wooden yoke around her neck suspending large bundles of brightly colored flowers.

George Hitchcock Flower Girl in Holland, 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, Édouard Manet, c. 1878, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, c. 1878 Art Institute of Chicago

Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, Paul Cézanne, 1882–85, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, 1882–85 The Met

Alpine Pool, John Singer Sargent, 1907, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Alpine Pool, 1907 The Met

We look out across a band of broad, craggy boulders at an ocean bay dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The tops of the flat boulders are caramel brown in the sunlight and darker, rust-brown shadows down the sides.

William Stanley Haseltine Narragansett Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

We look down onto a wide, bustling, tree-lined avenue filled with buildings, people, and horse-drawn carriages in this horizontal painting.

Camille Pissarro Boulevard des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight, 1897 National Gallery of Art

Woman Mending, Camille Pissarro, 1895, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Woman Mending, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919), Anders Zorn, 1897, oil on canvas

Anders Zorn Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919), 1897 The Met

Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.

Georges Seurat Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884", 1884 Art Institute of Chicago

Marguerite-Juliette Pierret, Eugène Delacroix, c. 1827, oil on fabric

Eugène Delacroix Marguerite-Juliette Pierret, c. 1827 Cleveland Museum of Art

Open Valley, Dolomites, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1913–14, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Open Valley, Dolomites, ca. 1913–14 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1740, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1740 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Beach at Deauville, Eugène Boudin, 1864, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin The Beach at Deauville, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Brook and Meadow, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1907, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Brook and Meadow, ca. 1907 The Met

Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, Winslow Homer, 1905–10, oil on canvas with chalk

Winslow Homer Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River, 1905–10 The Met

This painting depicts a sandy beach under a vast, light blue sky. The horizon is in the center of the painting where the blue sky blends into the blue water.

Eugène Boudin Women on the Beach at Berck, 1881 National Gallery of Art

We hover over a flax-yellow body of water lined with ships to our left and right, which are silhouetted against a moonlit, cloud-veiled sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835 National Gallery of Art

A diagonal line of leaping ballet dancers recedes from a starkly lit dancer partially visible at bottom left. All are broadly painted against a blue-green ground above them, pale pink below.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Ballet Dancers, 1885–86 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left.

Berthe Morisot Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a tightly corseted dress looks off to our left in this vertical pastel drawing. The portrait is loosely sketched with blended areas, giving it a soft look.

Édouard Manet Madame Michel-Lévy, 1882 National Gallery of Art

The Building of the Dam, Julian Alden Weir, 1908, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Building of the Dam, 1908 Cleveland Museum of Art

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