Paintings for Powder Blue Walls (page 25)

Contrasts with your wall

Paintings built around the opposite color, which stand out against this wall. The truest opposites come first. Showing 1,153 to 1,200 of 1,950.

Shown from the hips up, a man with peachy skin and long, brown curly hair and goatee stands in front of a window opening onto a moonlit sky in this vertical portrait painting.

Frans Hals Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard, c. 1636/1638 National Gallery of Art

John, 4th Earl of Darnley, Thomas Gainsborough, 1785, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough John, 4th Earl of Darnley, 1785 National Gallery of Art

Allegorical Figure Representing Fortitude, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760, fresco, transferred to canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Allegorical Figure Representing Fortitude, 1760 The Met

Shown from the hips up, an elegantly dressed woman with smooth, pale skin and ash-brown hair piled high on her head looks off into the distance to our left in front of a loosely painted landscape in this vertical portrait.

Thomas Gainsborough The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham, c. 1775/1777 National Gallery of Art

Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1780–82, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Princess Varvara Nikolaevna Gagarina (1762–1802), ca. 1780–82 The Met

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Ulysses, 1827 National Gallery of Art

In a deeply shadowed room, two women and several children are gathered at the center of this wide, oval painting, looking toward a young man and donkey who peer in over a half-door to our left.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Happy Family, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

About a dozen women and men, all with pale or suntanned skin, work in a field harvesting grain in this horizontal painting. The women wear long skirts and aprons, and some wear cloths tied around their heads.

Jules Breton The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 National Gallery of Art

A dilapidated cottage nestles among leafy trees next to a winding dirt road in this square landscape painting. The dirt road runs from the bottom center of the painting into the distance.

Meindert Hobbema Hut among Trees, c. 1664 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. John Winthrop, John Singleton Copley, 1773, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Mrs. John Winthrop, 1773 The Met

Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, Camille Pissarro, 1872, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, 1872 The Met

Portrait of Hugh Hope, Henry Raeburn, c. 1810, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn Portrait of Hugh Hope, c. 1810 Cleveland Museum of Art

Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, Vincent van Gogh, 1885, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 The Met

Madame François Buron, Jacques-Louis David, 1769, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Madame François Buron, 1769 Art Institute of Chicago

Pushing for Rail, Thomas Eakins, 1874, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Pushing for Rail, 1874 The Met

Still Life with Apples and Pears, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1891–92, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples and Pears, ca. 1891–92 The Met

Shown from the shins up, a pale-skinned, balding, bearded man wearing a voluminous rust-red robe lined with black-speckled white fur looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto A Procurator of Saint Mark's, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a landscape with a calm body of water stretching across the center, beyond a brown bank of rocks and short green grass. A thin tree rises up on the left.

Théodore Rousseau Landscape with Boatman, c. 1860 National Gallery of Art

The Rommel-Pot Player, Frans Hals, c. 1630, oil on panel

Frans Hals The Rommel-Pot Player, c. 1630 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Ambrose, Francisco de Goya, c. 1796–99, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Saint Ambrose, c. 1796–99 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650), Frans Hals, ca. 1636–38, oil on canvas

Frans Hals Portrait of a Man, Possibly Nicolaes Pietersz Duyst van Voorhout (born about 1600, died 1650), ca. 1636–38 The Met

Shown from the chest up, an older man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a high-collared black coat and a cream-white, ruffled collar, is shown against a deep wine-red background in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington (Vaughan portrait), 1795 National Gallery of Art

Four light-skinned ballerinas with russet-orange hair tied back in buns adjust the straps of their bodices as they gather close together, their bodies and wide, knee-length tutus taking up the left half of this horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Four Dancers, c. 1899 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with a field, trees, and a dramatic cloudy sky. Grass, rocks, and a group of large trees are visible in the center of the composition.

Jules Dupré The Old Oak, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait painting of a woman. She is seated with her body turned slightly to the right, while her head is facing forward towards the viewer. She has a gentle expression with slightly raised eyebrows.

Henry Raeburn Mrs. George Hill, c. 1790/1800 National Gallery of Art

Santa Maria della Salute, Francesco Guardi, mid- to late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, mid- to late 1760s The Met

This is a painting of four people outside of a circular stone wall that contains a statue and several trees. The four people are on the left, next to an opening in the curving wall.

Arnold Böcklin The Sanctuary of Hercules, 1884 National Gallery of Art

Margaret Strachan (Mrs. Thomas Harwood), Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1771, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Margaret Strachan (Mrs. Thomas Harwood), ca. 1771 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a clean-shaven man with pale, peachy skin is dressed in black and burgundy red in this vertical portrait painting.

Lucas Cranach the Elder Portrait of a Man, 1522 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a cherub with small wings hovering in the sky amidst swirling clouds. The sky is a soft blue with streaks of darker blue tones and a section of gray on the right.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel, before c. 1762 National Gallery of Art

A placid river winds past low hills with cows to fields blanketed with trees leading back to mountains lining the horizon in this hazy, horizontal, landscape painting.

Asher Brown Durand A Pastoral Scene, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, a clean-shaven young man with pale, peachy skin looks off to our left against a cloudy sky in this vertical portrait painting.

Giovanni Bellini Portrait of a Young Man in Red, c. 1480 National Gallery of Art

Madame Lerolle, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882, oil on fabric

Henri Fantin-Latour Madame Lerolle, 1882 Cleveland Museum of Art

Midshipman Augustus Brine, John Singleton Copley, 1782, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782 The Met

The Grand Canal above the Rialto, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Grand Canal above the Rialto, late 1760s The Met

Rest, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Rest, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

U.S. Mail Boat, Leila T. Bauman, 1855 or later, oil on canvas

Leila T. Bauman U.S. Mail Boat, 1855 or later National Gallery of Art

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), Alexandre Cabanel, 1876, oil on canvas

Alexandre Cabanel Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), 1876 The Met

A rutted, dirt road curves from the bottom center of the canvas toward and behind a grove of tall trees to our left, beneath a pale blue sky with fluffy white clouds that fills the top two-thirds of this horizontal landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Wooded Landscape, 1663 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a young boy sitting in a relaxed position, with his right arm leaning on a black surface. He has pale skin, wide eyes, and a small, slightly downturned mouth.

Camille Corot Italian Peasant Boy, 1825/1827 National Gallery of Art

Across a short stretch of sand in front of us, waves of bottle-green water break over two boulders on the shoreline, with sailboats in the water beyond, in this wide, horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

This image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a high horizon line meeting a line of evergreen trees under a sky with blue and grayish clouds. The sky and treetops are textured with lively brushstrokes.

George Catlin La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

A Pond in Picardy, Camille Corot, ca. 1867, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Pond in Picardy, ca. 1867 The Met

This painting shows a beach scene with people gathered on the sandy shore, facing away from us, looking towards the water. The horizon is in the center of the image, with the pale green-blue sea meeting the slightly darker blue sky.

Eugène Boudin On the Beach, 1894 National Gallery of Art

Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767–1818), Joshua Reynolds, 1789, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Mrs. Lewis Thomas Watson (Mary Elizabeth Milles, 1767–1818), 1789 The Met

Albert Gallatin, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1803, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Albert Gallatin, ca. 1803 The Met

People and a horse-drawn wagon move along a street lined with buildings on the left and trees on the right in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The wide street angles from the bottom left of the composition to the middle right.

Alfred Sisley Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil, 1872 National Gallery of Art

The painting contains two full-body depictions of a man with dark skin in different postures and clothing, placed next to each other against a dark background. On the left, the man stands upright, holding a cane.

Eugène Delacroix Two Studies of an Indian from Calcutta, Seated and Standing, c. 1823/1824 National Gallery of Art

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