Paintings for Powder Blue Walls (page 3)

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Paintings built around the opposite color, which stand out against this wall. The truest opposites come first. Showing 97 to 144 of 1,950.

The Forest in Winter at Sunset, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67, oil on canvas

Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67 The Met

A dirt path winds through a field of gold-green grass back to a town built on low hills in this horizontal, densely hazy landscape painting. Several minuscule people walk on the path and at least one person rides a horse.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Siout, Egypt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Eucharist, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1626, oil on panel

Peter Paul Rubens The Adoration of the Eucharist, c. 1626 Art Institute of Chicago

Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1914, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880–1971), 1914 The Met

Florentine Poet, Alexandre Cabanel, 1861, oil on wood

Alexandre Cabanel Florentine Poet, 1861 The Met

Peter Paul Rubens Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King, c. 1618 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, Thomas Gainsborough, 1769, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, 1769 Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting shows an enormous tree with a hollowed base where two people, potentially young boys, are taking shelter. The boys sit together in the hollow base of the tree, one appearing to read a piece of paper.

Eastman Johnson The Truants, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

A view across a wide, brightly lit field scattered with broken pieces of stone is framed to the left and right by crumbling stone temples in this horizontal painting.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Ruins of the Parthenon, 1880 National Gallery of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch, Benjamin West, 1791, oil on paper mounted on wood

Benjamin West British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791 Cleveland Museum of Art

Dozens of figures in a brown field filled with discarded corn silks form two rows and sit across from each other husking corn, a farm in the background.

Eastman Johnson Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Feeding Chickens, Jean-François Millet, 1846-48, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Woman Feeding Chickens, 1846-48 Art Institute of Chicago

An October Day in the White Mountains, John Frederick Kensett, 1854, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett An October Day in the White Mountains, 1854 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting depicts a young woman from the chest upwards, seated in a slightly turned position to the left.

Camille Corot Portrait of a Young Girl, 1850 or 1859 National Gallery of Art

Sibylle, Camille Corot, ca. 1870, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Sibylle, ca. 1870 The Met

A band of several galloping horses and riders move across the center of this vertical painting. The color palette is dominated by blended earthy brown, green, and pale pink.

Edgar Degas Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey, 1866, reworked 1880-1881 and c. 1897 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a balding, bearded man with pale, peachy skin and wearing a three-piece suit, seated in a wooden armchair behind an L-shaped desk, in this loosely painted vertical portrait.

Édouard Vuillard Théodore Duret, 1912 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, a pale-skinned, round-cheeked young boy wears a brocade red and gold garment and hat in this vertical portrait painting.

Hans Holbein the Younger Edward VI as a Child, probably 1538 National Gallery of Art

An Egyptian in a Doorway, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1865, oil on wood

Lawrence Alma-Tadema An Egyptian in a Doorway, 1865 The Met

Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms, Martin Johnson Heade, 1875, oil on canvas

Martin Johnson Heade Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms, 1875 The Met

Shown from about the knees up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a long, flowing, peachy-pink satin dress, looks at us in this vertical portrait painting.

John Singer Sargent Miss Grace Woodhouse, 1890 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows three large peaches on a round white plate. The peaches are in shades of red, pink, and light yellow, and they cast dark shadows on the plate. The plate rests on a brown surface which fills the background of the image.

Henri Fantin-Latour Three Peaches on a Plate, 1868 National Gallery of Art

The dark, forest-green canopies of trees to our right are silhouetted against a sky that warms from pale blue along the top edge of the composition to butter yellow along the horizon, which comes about a quarter of the way up this…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Mountain Landscape at Sunset, c. 1765 National Gallery of Art

Roses in a Bowl, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1881, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Roses in a Bowl, 1881 Art Institute of Chicago

A man wearing loose, ivory-white clothing stands flanked by two groups of people in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale or peachy skin except for one person, who may have a brown mask.

Antoine Watteau The Italian Comedians, probably 1720 National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid), Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1639, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid), c. 1639 Cleveland Museum of Art

A pale-skinned woman stands holding a spoon and egg, and bracing a long-handled pan in one elbow, in front of a wooden table near a fireplace mantle in this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Attentive Nurse, 1747 National Gallery of Art

A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Soap Bubbles, probably 1733/1734 National Gallery of Art

The Power of Music, William Sidney Mount, 1847, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount The Power of Music, 1847 Cleveland Museum of Art

A group of four people gather around a person in a bed, seen through an open doorway to our left, while a man and woman stand near a second doorway of a beige building in this horizontal painting. All the people have pale skin.

Fra Angelico The Healing of Palladia by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, c. 1438/1440 National Gallery of Art

In this painting, a wicker basket is filled with yellow pears and a few red cherries. The basket rests on a table, and more pears and cherries are scattered in front of it, casting shadows on the white tablecloth.

John F. Francis Basket of Pears and Crabapples, n.d. National Gallery of Art

A woman with smooth, pale skin and wearing a hat, long dress, and gloves, stands holding a bunch of pumpkin-orange leaves against a background of trees painted with touches of rust orange and pine green in this vertical painting.

Winslow Homer Autumn, 1877 National Gallery of Art

Sunset near Arbonne, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1860–65, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau Sunset near Arbonne, ca. 1860–65 The Met

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a large group of people with light skin dressed in draping fabric in shades of red, yellow, blue, and purple.

Benjamin West Telemachus and Calypso, c. 1809 National Gallery of Art

A young girl with light skin, round, rosy cheeks, and blond hair holds an apple and wears a full, ankle-length, silvery white dress with puffy sleeves in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Maddalena Cattaneo, 1623 National Gallery of Art

Two groups of people face off in front of a hilly landscape in this loosely painted, vertical scene. On our left, a pale young man in a white tunic looks with eyes wide and lips parted at a group of three people on our right.

Edgar Degas Alexander and Bucephalus, 1861/1862 National Gallery of Art

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, Edgar Degas, 1896–98, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1896–98 The Met

A bearded man with copper-blond hair and flushed, peachy skin stands on a stone-gray pedestal and gestures toward a group of five more men gathered before him in this square painting. Some of the men are light-skinned, others are tan.

Peter Paul Rubens Decius Mus Addressing the Legions, probably 1616 National Gallery of Art

Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (Mrs. William Thornton), Gilbert Stuart, 1804, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (Mrs. William Thornton), 1804 National Gallery of Art

Prayer in the Mosque, Jean-Léon Gérôme, by 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-Léon Gérôme Prayer in the Mosque, by 1874 The Met

Men and women line up to either side of a man seated on a throne in this long, horizontal painting.

Giovanni Bellini An Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio, after 1506 National Gallery of Art

A light-skinned woman in a long, shiny white dress sits at a desk reading a book. The book is propped on a large red pillow. Her head is propped in her hand.

Thomas Lawrence Isabella Wolff, 1803–15 Art Institute of Chicago

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Tosa Mitsuoki Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the waist up and nearly filling the picture, a young woman with pale skin, dressed in a jewel-toned gown and cape, looks out at us in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto Saint Catherine, 1522 National Gallery of Art

Large painting, woman in pink dress in front of classical sculpture, shrine.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, 1763–65 Art Institute of Chicago

Shoes, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Shoes, 1888 The Met

Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York, Jasper Francis Cropsey, ca. 1870–75, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York, ca. 1870–75 The Met

Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1867, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Pompton Plains, New Jersey, 1867 The Met

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