Paintings for Pure White Walls (page 16)

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 721 to 768 of 1,315.

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

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

Shown from the lap up, a cleanshaven man with black hair and dark clothes faces us as he sits with his hands resting together in his lap in this stylized, vertical portrait painting.

Amedeo Modigliani Chaim Soutine, 1918 National Gallery of Art

Wooded Landscape with Cottage and Horseman, Meindert Hobbema, 1663, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Wooded Landscape with Cottage and Horseman, 1663 Art Institute of Chicago

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane, 1854, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, 1854 The Met

The Music Lesson, Gerard ter Borch, c. 1670, oil on canvas

Gerard ter Borch The Music Lesson, c. 1670 Art Institute of Chicago

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in Saints Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair), Francesco Guardi, c. 1783, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in Saints Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair), c. 1783 Cleveland Museum of Art

We look down at a wooden tabletop with two playing cards among stacked rectangles and wedges in this vertical, abstract painting. The two playing cards we can make out are a four of diamonds to our left and an ace of clubs to our right.

Juan Gris Ace of Clubs and Four of Diamonds, 1915 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up, a bearded man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat and jacket, and a broad, layered, white collar, holds up a piece of rolled up paper in this vertical portrait painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a Sheet of Music, 1633 National Gallery of Art

Large English country landscape painting, farmers with horses, green trees.

John Constable Stoke-by-Nayland, 1836 Art Institute of Chicago

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, John Singleton Copley, 1771, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771 The Met

Madam Pompadour, Amedeo Modigliani, 1915, oil on canvas

Amedeo Modigliani Madam Pompadour, 1915 Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Washington, Winslow Homer, 1869, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Mount Washington, 1869 Art Institute of Chicago

View of La Crescenza, Claude Lorrain, 1648–50, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of La Crescenza, 1648–50 The Met

Edmond Cavé (1794–1852), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1844, oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Edmond Cavé (1794–1852), 1844 The Met

Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, ca. 1886–88, oil on canvas

Georges Seurat Gray Weather, Grande Jatte, ca. 1886–88 The Met

Woman in a Garden, Berthe Morisot, 1882–83, oil on canvas

Berthe Morisot Woman in a Garden, 1882–83 Art Institute of Chicago

Two men with pale skin, wearing white sleeveless shirts and royal-blue caps, row in unison in a long, narrow boat on a placid blue river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Eakins The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1872 National Gallery of Art

The Adoration of the Shepherds, El Greco, ca. 1612–14, oil on canvas

El Greco The Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612–14 The Met

A Cottage in the Woods, Meindert Hobbema, c. 1662, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema A Cottage in the Woods, c. 1662 Cleveland Museum of Art

Study of Beeches, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Study of Beeches, 1872 The Met

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, Nicolas Poussin, 1655, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, 1655 The Met

Against a hilly landscape and on a patch of dirt, five people wearing tattered clothing gather around a bearded man who holds a violin in his lap in this horizontal painting. Most of them have pale skin.

Édouard Manet The Old Musician, 1862 National Gallery of Art

Merry Company on a Terrace, Jan Steen, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jan Steen Merry Company on a Terrace, ca. 1670 The Met

Painting of a cabin set below a dark blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Behind it is a field of many small white dots. In front, a dark-skinned woman sits and a dark-skinned child plays among roaming chickens and dogs in a fenced-in yard.

Horace Pippin Cabin in the Cotton, c. 1931–37 Art Institute of Chicago

From a little above a dirt road, we look past a grove of trees to a broad plain and a lake at the foot of towering, hazy mountains in this horizontal landscape painting.

Albert Bierstadt Lake Lucerne, 1858 National Gallery of Art

A light-skinned, blond Virgin Mary in blue holds a child, his arms reaching around her neck and face upturned toward hers. At left, an angel looks on.

Sandro Botticelli Virgin and Child with an Angel, 1475–85 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, 1867, oil on canvas

Frédéric Bazille Portrait of Renoir, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Georgiana Augusta Frederica Elliott (1782–1813), Later Lady Charles Bentinck, Joshua Reynolds, 1784, oil on canvas

Joshua Reynolds Georgiana Augusta Frederica Elliott (1782–1813), Later Lady Charles Bentinck, 1784 The Met

This painting is of a garden landscape in front of a large palace, seen from an elevated perspective.

Bernardo Bellotto Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, c. 1761 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man's head and shoulders in a portrait. He is turned slightly to the left, looking out towards us. The left half of his face and torso are in shadow.

Henri Fantin-Latour Self-Portrait, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a young boy with pale, peachy skin wears a voluminous, black cloak that nearly falls off his shoulders over a rose-pink tunic, with a sword hanging from one hip in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Ranuccio Farnese, 1541-1542 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Isabella Brant, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620–25, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Isabella Brant, c. 1620–25 Cleveland Museum of Art

Painted portrait of woman in green dress and cloud backdrop.

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), c. 1764 Art Institute of Chicago

Large, dark painting of Jesus sitting with three standing soldiers.

Édouard Manet Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

The Penitence of Saint Jerome, Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515, oil on wood

Joachim Patinir The Penitence of Saint Jerome, ca. 1515 The Met

The Rock of Hautepierre, Gustave Courbet, c. 1869, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Rock of Hautepierre, c. 1869 Art Institute of Chicago

Haymaking at Éragny, Camille Pissarro, 1892, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Haymaking at Éragny, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Woman, probably Aeltje Dircksdr. Pater, Frans Hals, 1638, oil on canvas

Frans Hals Portrait of a Woman, probably Aeltje Dircksdr. Pater, 1638 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape at Saint-Ouen, Georges Seurat, 1878 or 1879, oil on wood, mounted on wood

Georges Seurat Landscape at Saint-Ouen, 1878 or 1879 The Met

Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1743–1815), Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1787, oil on wood

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Alexandre Charles Emmanuel de Crussol-Florensac (1743–1815), 1787 The Met

We look down and across a canal filled with more than two dozen gondolas and sailing boats, and flanked by rows golden-yellow and parchment-white buildings connected by a wide, arched bridge in this horizontal landscape painting.

Francesco Guardi Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice, probably c. 1780 National Gallery of Art

Storm Clouds, John Henry Twachtman, 1880, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Storm Clouds, 1880 Cleveland Museum of Art

Fishmarket, Camille Pissarro, 1902, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Fishmarket, 1902 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the waist up, a light-skinned man sits sideways in a wooden chair so the arm closer to us rests along the chair’s back in this vertical portrait painting. Brushstrokes are visible throughout, especially in the clothing and hair.

Frans Hals Willem Coymans, 1645 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up in front of a black background, a young woman with pale white skin and curly brown hair looks directly out at us over her shoulder with her body angled to our left in this vertical portrait.

Francisco de Goya Señora Sabasa Garcia, c. 1806/1811 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a young woman outdoors in a light purple dress and head covering with a wooden yoke around her neck suspending large bundles of brightly colored flowers.

George Hitchcock Flower Girl in Holland, 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Among potted flowers and lush foliage, a tiny child in a white dress plays with a hoop. A woman peers at the child from an ivy-covered building at right.

Claude Monet The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

The Laundress, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1877–79, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Laundress, 1877–79 Art Institute of Chicago

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