Paintings for Pure White Walls (page 15)

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 673 to 720 of 1,315.

We look across a shaded field of snow, through a screen of loosely spaced trees at a cobalt-blue mountain that dominates this square landscape painting. The scene is painted with visible brushstrokes throughout.

Abbott Handerson Thayer Mount Monadnock, probably 1911/1914 National Gallery of Art

Large painting, standing man blue turtleneck, sitting woman with white collar.

Amedeo Modigliani Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder.

Albert Bierstadt Mountain Brook, 1863 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, Alfred Sisley, c. 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, c. 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Young Woman, François Boucher, early 1730s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Head of a Young Woman, early 1730s Cleveland Museum of Art

From a low vantage point, we look up a steep, rocky mountainside at a towering mountain peak in the distance in this nearly square landscape painting.

John Singer Sargent Simplon Pass, 1911 National Gallery of Art

We look down onto a landscape where several laundry lines have been draped mostly with white sheets or cloth to dry in a flat, grassy yard in front of a rustic house and a distant town in this horizontal painting.

Berthe Morisot Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Woman and Child at the Well, Camille Pissarro, 1882, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Woman and Child at the Well, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

The Red Bridge, Julian Alden Weir, 1895, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Red Bridge, 1895 The Met

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

The image features a seascape scene with a beach, ocean, and sailboats. The horizon is high in the image, separating the sea from the sky, where sailboats are present.

Eugène Boudin Low Tide at Scheveningen, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Two women reach for or touch the arm of a man wearing a uniform and standing next to a chestnut-brown horse in front of a deep landscape in this horizontal painting.

John Singleton Copley Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch, 1800/1801 National Gallery of Art

Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1810, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775), ca. 1810 The Met

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Thomas Eakins, 1873, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, Édouard Manet, c. 1878, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Portrait of a Woman with a Black Fichu, c. 1878 Art Institute of Chicago

The Apple Seller, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1890, oil on fabric

Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Apple Seller, c. 1890 Cleveland Museum of Art

After the Bullfight, Mary Cassatt, 1873, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt After the Bullfight, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada, Édouard Manet, 1862, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada, 1862 The Met

Seven people with cream-white skin crowd together, sitting at or standing among tables in an interior space in this vertical painting. The composition is dominated by shades of blue and pale green.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892 National Gallery of Art

High Point: Shandaken Mountains, Asher Brown Durand, 1853, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand High Point: Shandaken Mountains, 1853 The Met

Apple Blossoms, Charles-François Daubigny, 1873, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Apple Blossoms, 1873 The Met

Twenty men, women, and children sit, stand, or stroll along a sandy beach beneath a bright, cloud-filled sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Eugène Boudin Figures on the Beach, c. 1867/1870 National Gallery of Art

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

Thomas (1740–1825) and Martha Neate (1741–after 1795) with His Tutor, Thomas Needham, Joshua Reynolds, 1748, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Thomas (1740–1825) and Martha Neate (1741–after 1795) with His Tutor, Thomas Needham, 1748 The Met

This painting depicts a large bull standing in a grassy plain. The bull is seen from the side, facing the right. Its head is a rich brown color, while its body and legs are swirled with patches of white and brown.

H. Call Prize Bull, 1876 National Gallery of Art

The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur The Horse Fair, 1852–55 The Met

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, 1836–37 Art Institute of Chicago

An Alpine Scene, Gustave Courbet, 1874, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet An Alpine Scene, 1874 Art Institute of Chicago

The Ford, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1636, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Ford, possibly 1636 The Met

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

Sparrow Hall, Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Sparrow Hall, c. 1881-1882 National Gallery of Art

A loose arrangement of colorful wildflowers bursting out of a red clay jug sits near the back left corner of a tabletop and fills the top two-thirds of this vertical still life painting.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Flowers in a Vase, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman sitting upright in a yellow-and-tan reclining chair, her body turned to the right, her face turned toward us. Her skin is pale, with shades of pale yellow and light pink, and shadows in a pale green shade.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Lady with a Dog, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Storm in the Mountains, Frederic Edwin Church, 1847, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Storm in the Mountains, 1847 Cleveland Museum of Art

Eight men, women, and children stand or sit in straight-backed, wooden chairs gathered along a sandy beach near low, gently breaking waves with sailboats floating in the ocean beyond in this horizontal landscape painting.

Eugène Boudin Beach at Trouville, 1864/1865 National Gallery of Art

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

John Singleton Copley Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a cleanshaven, young man with pale, peachy skin leans on his right elbow, to our left, against a ledge and holds a black top hat in that hand in this vertical portrait painting.

Francisco de Goya Bartolomé Sureda y Miserol, c. 1803/1804 National Gallery of Art

Ecuadorian landscape with people, palm trees, waterfall, and volcano in background.

Frederic Edwin Church View of Cotopaxi, 1857 Art Institute of Chicago

The Loire, Alfred Sisley, 1896, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Loire, 1896 Art Institute of Chicago

A View near Tivoli (Morning), Thomas Cole, 1832, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole A View near Tivoli (Morning), 1832 The Met

We look across a lush landscape of olive-green forests lining a glimmering, silvery-blue lake with hills in the deep distance under a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Moored Boatman: Souvenir of an Italian Lake, 1861 National Gallery of Art

The rounded, feathery canopies of trees are mirrored in the placid surface of a river in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dashes and strokes. The largest tree is to our right of center.

Claude Monet The Seine at Giverny, 1897 National Gallery of Art

From behind a low stone wall, on which a young woman with pale skin sits, we look across a wide, shimmering blue waterway toward a town along the opposite shore, under a pale blue sky with wispy white clouds in this horizontal landscape…

Berthe Morisot The Harbor at Lorient, 1869 National Gallery of Art

We look down onto a plaza with a sliver of a tall building rising along the left edge of the painting, a row of verdant, green trees to our right, and a row of buildings enclosing the space in the distance in this nearly square landscape…

Camille Pissarro Place du Carrousel, Paris, 1900 National Gallery of Art

Four boats with low masts sit on a sandy beach next to rocky cliffs under a cloud-filled sky in this horizontal landscape painting. Three of the boats are clustered together near the center of the composition.

Gustave Courbet Boats on a Beach, Etretat, c. 1872/1875 National Gallery of Art

Treetops against Sky, John Singer Sargent, 1909–13, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Treetops against Sky, 1909–13 The Met

A young woman with light skin stands in a garden, wearing a voluminous, full-length, silvery, shimmering gown in this vertical portrait painting. Her body faces us, as she looks into the distance to our left.

François Boucher Madame Bergeret, possibly 1766 National Gallery of Art

Frieze of Dancers, Edgar Degas, c. 1895, oil on fabric

Edgar Degas Frieze of Dancers, c. 1895 Cleveland Museum of Art

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