Paintings for Pure White Walls (page 19)

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 865 to 912 of 1,315.

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Vincent van Gogh, Early 1887, oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard

Vincent van Gogh Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Early 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts, Camille Corot, 1871–72, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts, 1871–72 Art Institute of Chicago

Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi, Edgar Degas, c. 1875, oil on fabric

Edgar Degas Stefanina Primicile Carafa, Marchioness of Cicerale and Duchess of Montejasi, c. 1875 Cleveland Museum of Art

Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, Camille Pissarro, 1896, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Steamboats in the Port of Rouen, 1896 The Met

Outskirts of Paris, Henri Rousseau, c. 1897–1905, oil on fabric

Henri Rousseau Outskirts of Paris, c. 1897–1905 Cleveland Museum of Art

Stoke-by-Nayland, John Constable, ca. 1810–11, oil on canvas

John Constable Stoke-by-Nayland, ca. 1810–11 The Met

A plate of oysters, a halved lemon, an oyster fork and shells, and a dish of salt are arranged on a wooden tabletop in front of a gray wall in this horizontal still life painting.

Édouard Manet Oysters, 1862 National Gallery of Art

James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1633–35, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, ca. 1633–35 The Met

Two pale-skinned little girls sit back-to-back on a sandy beach, almost filling the width of this vertical painting. The girls wear matching pale, ice-blue pinafores over short sleeve, ocean-blue dresses.

Mary Cassatt Children Playing on the Beach, 1884 National Gallery of Art

Entrance to the Port of Honfleur, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1863–64, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind Entrance to the Port of Honfleur, 1863–64 Art Institute of Chicago

Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533, oil on beech, with letterpress-printed paper labels

Lucas Cranach the Elder Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533 The Met

This painting is a portrait of a man from his chest up. He is positioned slightly angled to the left and looks directly at us.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington, c. 1803 National Gallery of Art

From under an elevated train track, we look at a cluster of people hammering and working on the far side of a wooden fence, all against a silvery-blue building that fills most of the background in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows Blue Morning, 1909 National Gallery of Art

Allegorical Figure Representing a Virtue, Possibly Patriotism, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760, fresco, transferred to canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Allegorical Figure Representing a Virtue, Possibly Patriotism, 1760 The Met

A woman and the baby she holds float in a cloud flanked by two winged angels, as two women stand below in this tall, vertical painting. All the people have pale skin shaded with smoke gray, and their necks, fingers, and limbs are elongated.

El Greco Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes, 1597/1599 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the thighs up, an older, balding man with a long white beard stands wearing a full suit of armor draped in a burgundy-red cloak in this vertical portrait painting.

Titian Vincenzo Cappello, c. 1550/1560 National Gallery of Art

Emma Van Name, Joshua Johnson, ca. 1805, oil on canvasPainting

Joshua Johnson Emma Van Name, ca. 1805 The Met

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a snow-covered field that is rendered in shades of white, blue, yellow, and purple. A house can be seen in the distance on the right against the blue hills beyond.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Brook and Meadow, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1907, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Brook and Meadow, ca. 1907 The Met

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656–57 The Met

Shown from the waist up, a young, pale-skinned woman with her gray hair piled high atop her head is lit starkly against a dark background in this vertical portrait painting. The woman’s shoulders are angled to our left.

Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, c. 1776/1777 National Gallery of Art

A pair of arched cave openings yawn in a steep, rocky cliff face that fills this horizontal painting.

Gustave Courbet La Grotte de la Loue, 1864 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bare, gnarled tree near a gray, dirt path, which leads back to a hamlet in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes, so many details are indistinct.

Camille Pissarro The Fence, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Spring Flowers, Claude Monet, 1864, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Spring Flowers, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

A windmill stands on a promontory cutting into a waterway under a partially stormy sky in this square landcape painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn The Mill, 1645/1648 National Gallery of Art

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, George Inness, ca. 1891, oil and crayon or charcoal on canvas

George Inness Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, ca. 1891 The Met

Entrance to a Village, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1665, oil on wood

Meindert Hobbema Entrance to a Village, ca. 1665 The Met

Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918), Anders Zorn, ca. 1900, oil on canvas

Anders Zorn Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918), ca. 1900 The Met

Mountain Torrent, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1670s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Mountain Torrent, 1670s The Met

Shown from the lap up, two women with pale skin and dark hair pulled up and back, wearing white dresses with baby-blue polka dots, sit on a couch in this horizontal portrait painting.

Berthe Morisot The Sisters, 1869 National Gallery of Art

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1878, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895), 1878 The Met