Paintings for Powder Blue Walls (page 2)

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Paintings built around the opposite color, which stand out against this wall. The truest opposites come first. Showing 49 to 96 of 1,950.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Girl Reading, c. 1888 National Gallery of Art

The Fortune-Teller, Georges de La Tour, probably 1630s, oil on canvas

Georges de La Tour The Fortune-Teller, probably 1630s The Met

Carmelita Requena, Thomas Eakins, 1869, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Carmelita Requena, 1869 The Met

The Musicians, Caravaggio, 1597, oil on canvas

Caravaggio The Musicians, 1597 The Met

A Home in the Wilderness, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

The face of a young man with peachy-colored skin and dark hair fills this vertical painting. The man is lit from our left but is angled to slightly to our right, so his face is mostly in shadow.

Edgar Degas Self-Portrait with White Collar, c. 1857 National Gallery of Art

Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, James McNeill Whistler, 1896–97, oil on panel

James McNeill Whistler Study of a Girl's Head and Shoulders, 1896–97 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the hips up, a light-skinned woman with deeply flushed cheeks sits in an armchair, looking at us from under raised and pointed eyebrows in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams), 1800/1815 National Gallery of Art

Edgar Degas Woman Ironing, begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of My Daughter Alice, William Merritt Chase, c. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Portrait of My Daughter Alice, c. 1895 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape, George Inness, c. 1852, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, c. 1852 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with Herrings, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1735, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Still Life with Herrings, c. 1735 Cleveland Museum of Art

Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements, Benjamin West, 1809, oil on canvas

Benjamin West Omnia Vincit Amor, or The Power of Love in the Three Elements, 1809 The Met

A young woman, holding a knife and vegetable in her lap and wearing a clay-brown jacket over a long, poppy-red skirt, sits on a wooden ladderback chair angled to our right in the center of this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Kitchen Maid, 1738 National Gallery of Art

Washington Allston, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1819–20, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Washington Allston, ca. 1819–20 The Met

The Nativity, Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406–10, tempera and gold on wood

Lorenzo Monaco The Nativity, ca. 1406–10 The Met

A woman leans forward to trace the shadow cast by a sleeping young man on a wall in a dimly lit room in this horizontal painting. Both people have smooth, pale skin, long, straight noses, thin lips, and brown hair.

Joseph Wright of Derby The Corinthian Maid, 1782-1784 National Gallery of Art

A nearly nude, muscular man with pale, peachy skin sits in an underground cave among seven male and two female lions in this horizontal painting.

Peter Paul Rubens Daniel in the Lions' Den, c. 1614/1616 National Gallery of Art

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room, Frederic Leighton, ca. 1886, oil and gold on canvas

Frederic Leighton Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room, ca. 1886 The Met

Painting of a vast autumn scene with two very small figures in Indigenous clothing standing on a cliff overlooking a massive waterfall in the distance.

Thomas Cole Distant View of Niagara Falls, 1830 Art Institute of Chicago

Two thick, twisting, splintered tree trunks with broken branches stripped of leaves are set against a dark, wooded landscape beneath a nearly black sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Tornado in an American Forest, 1831 National Gallery of Art

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1871, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, 1871 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Joseph Wright of Derby, ca. 1770, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1770 The Met

Head of a Girl, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1618–c. 1620, oil on panel

Anthony van Dyck Head of a Girl, c. 1618–c. 1620 Art Institute of Chicago

Hamlet and His Mother, Eugène Delacroix, 1849, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Hamlet and His Mother, 1849 The Met

This painting is a portrait of a woman. She has fair skin, a straight nose, and thin red lips, with her dark hair styled up with flowers.

John Singleton Copley Elizabeth Gray Otis (Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis), c. 1764 National Gallery of Art

We stand on a beach lined with black rocks and boulders looking out onto the water below a brick-red sky that dominates this nearly square landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Black Rocks at Trouville, 1865/1866 National Gallery of Art

Bacchante on a Panther, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Bacchante on a Panther, 1855 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Goldsmith in his Shop, Petrus Christus, 1449, oil on oak panel

Petrus Christus A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449 The Met

Large painting of Holy Family: Mary in red, holding baby Jesus.

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c. 1615 Art Institute of Chicago

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama, Basawan, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Basawan The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman looking off to the left with a composed expression. She has light skin with rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and slightly upturned pink lips.

Gilbert Stuart Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (Mrs. Lawrence Lewis), 1804 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto and across a wide, boat-filled river under a cloudy sky at the far bank, which is lined with buildings, in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

James McNeill Whistler Battersea Reach, c. 1863 National Gallery of Art

Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), Eastman Johnson, 1872, oil on board

Eastman Johnson Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a young boy sitting on a wooden rocking chair next to a dark metal stove. He is leaning forward with one arm extended towards the stove door, which is partially open, revealing bright orange light.

Eastman Johnson The Early Scholar, c. 1865 National Gallery of Art

A woman wearing a pale yellow silk dress sits playing a lute in front of a table while a man, wearing a black suit and hat, stands behind her in this vertical painting. Both have light skin.

Gerard ter Borch The Music Lesson, c. 1670 National Gallery of Art

The Trout Pool, Worthington Whittredge, 1870, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge The Trout Pool, 1870 The Met

Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Anders Zorn, 1894, oil on canvas

Anders Zorn Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, 1894 The Met

Long scroll ink painting depicting people with their animals and belongings crossing a river.

Unknown artist Yang Pu Moving His Family, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝 Art Institute of Chicago

Lion, Unknown artist, after 1200, fresco, mounted on canvas

Unknown artist Lion, after 1200 The Met

This horizontal painting shows a tapestry being unfurled and held up by winged, baby-like putti against a structure with gray and gold columns, seen at the edges of the composition.

Peter Paul Rubens The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, c. 1626 National Gallery of Art

In a beige room, a group of light-skinned men of various ages and a young boy clap as a figure in tattered clothing at center, his back to the viewer, dances and holds a tin cup in the air.

William Sidney Mount Bar-room Scene, 1835 Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), Édouard Manet, 1882–83, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Head of Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830–1914), 1882–83 The Met

Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade), Édouard Manet, 1862–72, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Boy with Pitcher (La Régalade), 1862–72 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, Unknown artist, 1494?, tempera on wood

Unknown artist Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini, 1494? The Met

Egyptian Woman with Earrings, John Singer Sargent, 1890–91, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Egyptian Woman with Earrings, 1890–91 The Met

Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887, oil on wood

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Albert (René) Grenier (1858–1925), 1887 The Met

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Young Girl Reading, c. 1769 National Gallery of Art

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