Paintings for Light Gray Walls (page 9)

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 385 to 432 of 1,315.

Newport Rocks, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Newport Rocks, 1872 The Met

This painting shows two women in a room. At the center of the painting, a young woman is seated at a desk, her hand resting on the back of the chair, opening a small drawer.

Edmund Charles Tarbell Mother and Mary, 1922 National Gallery of Art

Five monkeys rest and play amid a lush jungle landscape in this horizontal landscape painting. Painted with areas of flat color, thick vegetation fills most of the scene, with giant leaves overlapping in shades of green.

Henri Rousseau Tropical Forest with Monkeys, 1910 National Gallery of Art

The Races at Longchamp, Édouard Manet, 1866, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The Races at Longchamp, 1866 Art Institute of Chicago

The Hamlet of Optevoz, Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1852, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny The Hamlet of Optevoz, ca. 1852 The Met

The Triumph of Marius, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1729, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Triumph of Marius, 1729 The Met

Italian Landscape, Claude Lorrain, c. 1630, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Italian Landscape, c. 1630 Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodland Road, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Woodland Road, ca. 1670 The Met

The Writing Master, Thomas Eakins, 1882, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Writing Master, 1882 The Met

Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, Piet Mondrian, 1927, oil on canvas

Piet Mondrian Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue, 1927 Cleveland Museum of Art

Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, Camille Pissarro, 1896, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, 1896 The Met

Figure in Hammock, Florida, John Singer Sargent, 1917, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Figure in Hammock, Florida, 1917 The Met

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, Paul Gauguin, 1880, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the waist up, pale-skinned young man wearing a bowler hat looks at us from the corners of his eyes in this vertical portrait painting.

Paul Cézanne The Artist's Son, Paul, 1886-1887 National Gallery of Art

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, Paul Cézanne, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, 1891 The Met

The Banks of the Marne in Winter, Camille Pissarro, 1866, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866 Art Institute of Chicago

A young girl with pale skin, rosy cheeks, and blond hair stands facing us in front of a landscape with forests and mountains in this vertical portrait painting. The girl looks at us with wide, gray eyes under delicately arched eyebrows.

Francisco de Goya María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón, 1783 National Gallery of Art

Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. The angled light indicates either a rising or setting sun.

Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Romaine Lacaux, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1864, oil on fabric

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Romaine Lacaux, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Storm Clouds, John Henry Twachtman, 1880, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Storm Clouds, 1880 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of a small pond dense with pink water lilies, their roots visible through the water, a railed footbridge arching over the pond and lush, dark green folliage surrounding it.

Claude Monet Water Lily Pond, 1900 Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, El Greco, c. 1590–95, oil on canvas

El Greco The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, c. 1590–95 Cleveland Museum of Art

Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), Later Countess of Galloway, Joshua Reynolds, 1764, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), Later Countess of Galloway, 1764 The Met

Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher), Édouard Manet, 1865–67, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Beggar with Oysters (Philosopher), 1865–67 Art Institute of Chicago

From high up, we look down and out at a river with seven ferries and barges, the waterway lined with buildings on the bank to our right, in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Camille Pissarro The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather, 1900 National Gallery of Art

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, John Singer Sargent, 1890–91, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, 1890–91 The Met

Honfleur: Calvary, Camille Corot, ca. 1830, oil on wood

Camille Corot Honfleur: Calvary, ca. 1830 The Met

A young girl with dark hair and pale skin, wearing a long white dress, kneels on the ground in a hilly, tree-lined landscape in this vertical portrait painting.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Caroline Howard, 1778 National Gallery of Art

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, Giovanni di Paolo, 1445, tempera and gold on wood

Giovanni di Paolo The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, 1445 The Met

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–75, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, ca. 1765–75 The Met

We look down onto a plaza with a sliver of a tall building rising along the left edge of the painting, a row of verdant, green trees to our right, and a row of buildings enclosing the space in the distance in this nearly square landscape…

Camille Pissarro Place du Carrousel, Paris, 1900 National Gallery of Art

A dozen men, women, and children walk, stand, or sit on a waterside wharf that spans this horizontal painting. A jetty stretches into the distance at a right angle, starting to the left of center. Dozens more people pack the jetty.

Eugène Boudin Jetty and Wharf at Trouville, 1863 National Gallery of Art

Water laps at a curving shoreline in front of a steep sandy dune carpeted in grass, shrubs, and trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The dune takes up the lower right quadrant of the composition.

Jacob van Ruisdael Dunes by the Sea, 1648 National Gallery of Art

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, George Inness, ca. 1891, oil and crayon or charcoal on canvas

George Inness Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, ca. 1891 The Met

Mill of Pont Maupuit, Armand Guillaumin, c. 1900, oil on canvas

Armand Guillaumin Mill of Pont Maupuit, c. 1900 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a placid-looking, light-skinned woman in a maroon dress, seated in a chair with yellow upholstery, hands folded.

Paul Cézanne Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair, 1888–90 Art Institute of Chicago

The painting is of an older woman from the waist up, her body slightly turned to the left and her head facing us. She has pale skin with soft lines, rosy cheeks, deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and thin red lips in a neutral expression.

Robert Henri Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith), 1908 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto two girls or young women with light skin sitting close to us in a green, grassy field in this square landscape painting.

Camille Pissarro Young Peasant Girls Resting in the Fields near Pontoise, 1882 National Gallery of Art

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, Albert Bierstadt, 1863, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 The Met

An older man with ruddy, peachy skin stands in the lower right of this vertical painting holding a large, green, leafy cabbage. He is shown from the hips up and faces our left with his body angled slightly toward us.

Camille Pissarro The Gardener - Old Peasant with Cabbage, 1883-1895 National Gallery of Art

Painting of woman in a striped dress seated on the bank of a river, beneath a full, leafy tree, a boat at the shore and a village visible across the river.

Claude Monet On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

Maine Coast, Winslow Homer, 1896, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Maine Coast, 1896 The Met

The top three-quarters of this horizontal landscape painting is filled with roiling, deeply shadowed clouds that tower over a line of buffalo crossing a grassy meadow below.

Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm, 1869 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man stands looking off to our right in this vertical portrait painting.

Jean-François Millet Leconte de Lisle, c. 1840/1841 National Gallery of Art

From a low vantage point, we look up a steep, rocky mountainside at a towering mountain peak in the distance in this nearly square landscape painting.

John Singer Sargent Simplon Pass, 1911 National Gallery of Art

Vibrant yellow, red, blue, and green painting of landscape with trees and mountains.

Wassily Kandinsky Landscape with Two Poplars, 1912 Art Institute of Chicago

The Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1865 or later, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Sea, 1865 or later The Met

Trees and a Stream on a Hillside, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853, oil on board

Jasper Francis Cropsey Trees and a Stream on a Hillside, 1853 Cleveland Museum of Art

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