Paintings for Pure White Walls (page 13)

Soft and muted

Gentle, low-color paintings that keep a pale room calm. The most vivid come first, because strong color pops on gallery white. Showing 577 to 624 of 1,315.

A bank of flowering bushes, possibly roses, fills most of an enclosed garden in front of a white house in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Monet The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias), 1873 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

Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1879, oil on fabric

Camille Pissarro Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

Salt Meadow in October, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Salt Meadow in October, 1872 The Met

We look across a stream and through a loose screen of shadowy trees at a sunlit farm under a powder-blue sky with towering, puffy clouds in this vertical landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Farm in the Sunlight, 1668 National Gallery of Art

The Virgin Adoring the Host, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1852, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres The Virgin Adoring the Host, 1852 The Met

Shown from the knees up, two young women with pale, peachy skin wearing white gowns sit close together and almost fill this vertical painting. The women are angled to our left and look in that direction.

Mary Cassatt The Loge, c. 1878-1880 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the waist up, a light-skinned man with sagging jowls and a double chin wears a fur garment and hat, a large teardrop pearl earring, and gold chains in this vertical painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn A Polish Nobleman, 1637 National Gallery of Art

Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina, Francisco de Goya, 1787–88, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina, 1787–88 The Met

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a field with traces of snow, the snow taking on reflected shades of pink, yellow, orange, and blue from the unseen setting sun. A line of pale yellow illuminates the horizon above the hills beyond.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea, James McNeill Whistler, 1893, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

The Public Garden at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Public Garden at Pontoise, 1874 The Met

The Seine at Bougival, Alfred Sisley, 1876, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Seine at Bougival, 1876 The Met

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Diego Velázquez, c. 1622, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622 Art Institute of Chicago

In a dance studio, two ballerinas wearing knee-length tutus and ballet slippers sit on a bench and stretch to our right while four more pose at the back of the space, to our left, in this long, horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Before the Ballet, 1890/1892 National Gallery of Art

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut, 1872 The Met

Fruit, Julian Alden Weir, ca. 1888, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Fruit, ca. 1888 The Met

William Forsyth (1749–1814), Henry Raeburn, ca. 1800, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn William Forsyth (1749–1814), ca. 1800 The Met

The image shows a portrait of a man with a soft, round face, a slightly double chin, small eyes, and a neutral expression. He has gray, voluminous hair styled in the fashion of the 18th century.

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1760 National Gallery of Art

Twigs of a magnolia tree with light green, glossy leaves and three cream-white blossoms lie on a sapphire-blue cloth in this horizontal still life painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, Henri Rousseau, 1908, oil on fabric

Henri Rousseau Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting is a portrait of a man standing, seen from the knees up, his torso and head slightly turned to the left.

Thomas Gainsborough Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville, c. 1786 National Gallery of Art

Upon first glance, the shapes and colors in this painting are hard to distinguish. After closer inspection, three women become visible, all with pale skin, light hair, and indistinct facial features.

Edgar Degas The Loge, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

A small, shaggy, black and white dog stands in a wood paneled room with its body angled to our right but turning its head, pink tongue out, to our left in this vertical painting.

Édouard Manet Tama, the Japanese Dog, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art

This is a landscape painting depicting a body of water surrounded by greenery, with tall green and purple mountains in the background under a sky full of dark pink clouds and a strip of bright blue-green.

John La Farge The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish, c. 1895 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a basket of green and red-yellow apples spilling over into a white cloth placed on a wooden table, with a dark green bottle and a plate of pale biscuits behind.

Paul Cézanne The Basket of Apples, c. 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Two Heads, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1609, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Study of Two Heads, ca. 1609 The Met

This painting is a portrait of a woman, her torso facing slightly to the left, her face looking directly at us. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, and red lips in a subtle smile.

Thomas Gainsborough Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786 National Gallery of Art

A white rose, grapes and other fruit, a squat gourd, a bottle, and a glass are arranged across a dark wood table partly covered by a white cloth in this horizontal still life painting.

Édouard Manet Still Life with Melon and Peaches, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

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

Painted entirely with small dots of pure color mostly in slate and azure blue, olive green, and cream white, this scene shows a sandy beach stretching to a lighthouse at the center and a four-story building to our right in this horizontal…

Georges Seurat The Lighthouse at Honfleur, 1886 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

Himself, Robert Henri, 1913, oil on canvas

Robert Henri Himself, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Honfleur, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind Honfleur, 1865 The Met

River Boat, Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1860, oil on board

Charles-François Daubigny River Boat, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the knees up, a light-skinned man and woman are seated side-by-side on grassy rise in a landscape in this horizontal portrait painting.

Charles Willson Peale Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, 1788 National Gallery of Art

A woman and two children, all with pale skin and flushed cheeks, sit together in a landscape in this round painting. The woman takes up most of the composition as she sits with her right leg, to our left, tucked under her body.

Raphael The Alba Madonna, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907 The Met

Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck, Jacometto, ca. 1485–95, oil on wood; verso: oil and gold on wood

Jacometto Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck, ca. 1485–95 The Met

View of Genoa, Camille Corot, 1834, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Camille Corot View of Genoa, 1834 Art Institute of Chicago

Watering Place at Marly, Alfred Sisley, 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Watering Place at Marly, 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of three male figures, two older men in top hats and a younger man with red hair, standing outdoors around a wooden table with a pitcher on it, drinking from glasses.

Vincent van Gogh The Drinkers, 1890 Art Institute of Chicago

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

A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting.

Camille Corot Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing an off-the-shoulder, black gown stands in front of a maroon-red wall in this vertical portrait painting. Her body is angled to our left, but she turns her round face to us.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Madame Moitessier, 1851 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wears a wide, pleated collar and a black gown in this vertical portrait painting. Her body is angled to our left, and she looks at us from the corners of her light brown eyes.

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Flemish Lady, probably 1618 National Gallery of Art

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

Adeline Ravoux, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on fabric

Vincent van Gogh Adeline Ravoux, 1890 Cleveland Museum of Art

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