Paintings for Pure White Walls (page 14)

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 625 to 672 of 1,315.

Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843), Thomas Lawrence, ca. 1824–25, oil on canvas

Thomas Lawrence Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843), ca. 1824–25 The Met

This painting shows a coastal scene with a rocky tan cliff on the left side extending down to the blue sea. The horizon is in the middle of the painting, with a bright, slightly cloudy blue sky above the sea.

Eugène Boudin Washerwomen on the Beach of Etretat, 1894 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a brown jug filled with pink roses and green leaves on a brown surface that looks like a suitcase on its side. To the right of the jug are some stacked books, which are a light green color.

Édouard Vuillard The Artist's Paint Box and Moss Roses, 1898 National Gallery of Art

Auvers (Washerwomen), Charles-François Daubigny, 1861, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Auvers (Washerwomen), 1861 National Gallery of Art

Fountain of Venus, François Boucher, 1756, oil on canvas

François Boucher Fountain of Venus, 1756 Cleveland Museum of Art

Close to us, a woman and a winged, child-like putto float on clouds above a clean-shaven young man in a forest setting in this horizontal painting. All three people have smooth, pale skin, rosy cheeks, and ash-blond hair.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Diana and Endymion, c. 1753/1756 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

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), Jacques-Louis David, 1788, oil on canvas

Jacques-Louis David Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758–1836), 1788 The Met

At the Seaside, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase At the Seaside, ca. 1892 The Met

Toussaint Lemaistre (1807/8–1888), Camille Corot, 1833, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Toussaint Lemaistre (1807/8–1888), 1833 The Met

We look slightly down onto a loosely painted scene with three ballerinas in rose-pink costumes and one man, wearing a black suit and top hat, against a backdrop made up of dabs and strokes of lime, mint, and pine green in this vertical…

Edgar Degas Dancers Backstage, 1876/1883 National Gallery of Art

Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth, Francisco de Zurbarán, c. 1640, oil on canvas

Francisco de Zurbarán Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth, c. 1640 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Island of San Michele, Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Island of San Michele, Venice, 1770s The Met

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

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

We look beyond a cluster of flags hanging from the side of one tall building onto a wide street at a row of buildings across from us in this vertical painting.

Childe Hassam Allies Day, May 1917, 1917 National Gallery of Art

Cupids in Conspiracy, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Triumph of Marius, 1729 The Met

A nearly nude man with peachy skin stands next to and looks up at a man with ashen, ivory-colored skin, wearing armor and riding a bright white horse in this vertical painting.

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1600/1614 National Gallery of Art

Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on jute canvas

Paul Gauguin Te raau rahi (The Big Tree), 1891 Art Institute of Chicago

Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, James McNeill Whistler, 1863, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, 1863 Art Institute of Chicago

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1639, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, ca. 1639 The Met

This painting displays an outdoor scene with a large tree to the left and a low horizon with a few buildings and what look like boats floating on blue water on the right.

Camille Corot Souvenir of Terracina, 1864, reworked slightly later National Gallery of Art

The Building of the Dam, Julian Alden Weir, 1908, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Building of the Dam, 1908 Cleveland Museum of Art

We look down at the end of a narrow table at a white plate, pot, knife, and spoon set on the white tablecloth in this horizontal still life painting.

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Mustard Pot, 1860 National Gallery of Art

A shaft of warm light from our left pierces a dark wood filled with tall trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The light falls on a stout white trunk and a portion of the moss-green forest floor near the center of the composition.

George Inness Sunset in the Woods, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Two creamy-white, long-haired dogs facing our right in a snowy field fill this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible, textured strokes in shades of white and ice blue. The dogs have floppy ears and long muzzles.

Franz Marc Siberian Dogs in the Snow, 1909/1910 National Gallery of Art

The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair, Joshua Reynolds, 1761–66, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds The Honorable Henry Fane (1739–1802) with Inigo Jones and Charles Blair, 1761–66 The Met

Seven men, women, and children with pale, peachy skin flank a woman surrounded by a halo of light, sitting on a throne and holding a nearly nude baby boy in her lap in this long, horizontal painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child, c. 1575 National Gallery of Art

Seventeenth Century Lady, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Seventeenth Century Lady, ca. 1895 The Met

Portrait of a woman in white with a bonnet perched on an architectural feature painting something to her right, a spouting water fountain, greenery, and a an ornate, low white fence behind her.

John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati, Lorenzo Lotto, 1533–34, oil on canvas

Lorenzo Lotto Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo Rosati, 1533–34 Cleveland Museum of Art

Basket of Flowers, Eugène Delacroix, 1848–49, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Basket of Flowers, 1848–49 The Met

The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, Édouard Manet, 1874, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874 The Met

A young woman with pale, peach skin wearing a white apron over an ankle-length navy-blue dress stands in a dining room in this vertical painting. The painting is created using loose brushstrokes throughout.

Berthe Morisot In the Dining Room, 1886 National Gallery of Art

Painting in tones of gray and brown, with some green and blue, of a woman digging with a garden tool before a structure with a thatched roof that descends almost to the ground. Above her the sky is gray and blue, a haze of clouds.

Vincent van Gogh A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, c. 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Rushing Water, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Rushing Water, ca. 1901–7 The Met

A Woman Reading, Camille Corot, 1869 and 1870, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Woman Reading, 1869 and 1870 The Met

White Mare, Winslow Homer, c. 1868, oil on panel

Winslow Homer White Mare, c. 1868 Cleveland Museum of Art

A man sitting in a tall, upholstered armchair reads a newspaper in this vertical portrait painting. The man and the room in which he sits is loosely painted with bold, visible strokes throughout.

Paul Cézanne The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement", 1866 National Gallery of Art

Vaprio d'Adda, Bernardo Bellotto, 1744, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Vaprio d'Adda, 1744 The Met

Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532–33, oil on canvas, transferred from wood, with letterpress-printed paper labels

Lucas Cranach the Elder Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony, 1532–33 The Met

This painting shows a young woman lying on her stomach on a brown, rocky surface near the water's edge, looking towards the sea.

Jules Breton The Cliff (La Falaise), 1874 National Gallery of Art

Edouard Delessert, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1864, oil on panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Edouard Delessert, 1864 National Gallery of Art

A profusion of flowers in shades of white, orange, blue, and deep pink, with earthy-green leaves, burst from the narrow opening of a glass vase in this vertical still life painting.

Jan Davidsz de Heem Vase of Flowers, c. 1660 National Gallery of Art

Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1850s, oil on fabric

Jean-Léon Gérôme Alpine Landscape: The Handegg, Switzerland, 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

Potted Pansies, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Potted Pansies, 1883 The Met

The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett The Old Pine, Darien, Connecticut, 1872 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a voluminous, gold-trimmed, white satin gown and a black overdress stands holding a closed fan in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck Lady with a Fan, c. 1628 National Gallery of Art

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