Paintings for Warm White Walls (page 16)

Soft and muted

Gentle, low-color paintings that keep a pale room calm. The warmest come first, to answer the cream in the wall. Showing 721 to 768 of 1,315.

The painting features a large gray watering can in the bottom right corner, set against a lush garden background. Bushes on the right side are speckled with dots of pink, yellow, blue, orange, and purple, suggesting flowers.

Georges Seurat The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy, c. 1883 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

Music and Dance, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

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

Shown from the knees up, a young woman with pale skin, wearing a short wine-red jacket over an ivory-white gown, gazes out at us from this vertical portrait painting.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Madame d'Aguesseau de Fresnes, 1789 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a woman stands facing us as she turns her head to look off to our right in this vertical portrait painting. The woman has pale, peachy skin, deeply shadowed, hooded eyes, and a straight nose.

Camille Corot Agostina, 1866 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with castle-like structures on a green hill, with a group of people gathering in colorful clothing in the bottom left.

Dosso Dossi The Trojans Building the Temple to Venus and Making Offerings at Anchises's Grave in Sicily, c. 1520 National Gallery of Art

We look down at and across a sun-soaked landscape with tile-roofed, white-stucco buildings and plowed fields in this horizontal painting.

Willard Leroy Metcalf Midsummer Twilight, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

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

Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?), Hans Holbein the Younger, 1535, oil and gold on oak

Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of a Man (Sir Ralph Sadler?), 1535 The Met

This painting depicts the upper half of a person's body. Their body is facing us, but their head is turned to the right in a three-quarters view, looking away from us.

Gustave Courbet Portrait of a Young Girl, 1857 National Gallery of Art

Three light-skinned girls hold hands to create a loose ring with their arms extended, in a grassy field in this horizontal painting. All three girls wear white headdresses, ankle-length, long-sleeved dresses, and clogs.

Paul Gauguin Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, 1888 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

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

Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, George Inness, 1871, oil on canvas

George Inness Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, 1871 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

The painting shows a beach scene with several people gathered on the shore. The people are gathered between four white tent-like structures in the center of the painting.

Eugène Boudin Beach Scene, 1862 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

Sarah Dupont, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1777–79, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Sarah Dupont, c. 1777–79 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

Marguerite-Thérèse (Margot) Berard (1874–1956), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Marguerite-Thérèse (Margot) Berard (1874–1956), 1879 The Met

From a rocky shoreline, we look on several light-skinned people working by the sea with a boat and a net in this freely painted, almost square seascape.

Thomas Gainsborough Seashore with Fishermen, c. 1781/1782 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

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat, 1884, oil on wood

Georges Seurat Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884 The Met

The Dispatch of the Messenger, François Boucher, 1765, oil on canvas

François Boucher The Dispatch of the Messenger, 1765 The Met

Christ on the Cross, El Greco, c. 1600–1610, oil on canvas

El Greco Christ on the Cross, c. 1600–1610 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

This painting shows a rowing competition with a large crowd along the riverbank. Tall trees and distant, hazy hills are visible on the horizon. The sky above is a soft, muted gray-blue color.

Émile Lévy Rowing Scene: Crowds Watching from the River Banks, late 19th century National Gallery of Art

The Troubadour, Honoré Daumier, 1868–73, oil on fabric

Honoré Daumier The Troubadour, 1868–73 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Portrait of an Old Man, El Greco, ca. 1595–1600, oil on canvas

El Greco Portrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595–1600 The Met

Allegory of the Catholic Faith, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1670–72, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer Allegory of the Catholic Faith, ca. 1670–72 The Met

Winter Scene, Francisco de Goya, c. 1786, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Winter Scene, c. 1786 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

Retreat from the Storm, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1846, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Retreat from the Storm, ca. 1846 The Met

Portrait of a Woman, Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1550, oil on wood

Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of a Woman, c. 1550 Cleveland Museum of Art

Grainfields, Jacob van Ruisdael, mid- or late 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Grainfields, mid- or late 1660s The Met

This painting depicts buildings under a clear blue sky. The horizon line is low, mostly obscured by the structures. The buildings have pointed brown roofs, and they are a pale yellow color.

Charles-François Daubigny The Farm, 1855 National Gallery of Art

The Violin Player, James McNeill Whistler, c. 1890–94, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler The Violin Player, c. 1890–94 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Joshua Johnson Emma Van Name, ca. 1805 The Met

We look slightly down onto a man riding a white horse away from us on a dirt road winding through a sun-drenched, rocky landscape in this horizontal painting.

Camille Corot A View near Volterra, 1838 National Gallery of Art

Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910), Gustave Courbet, ca. 1852–57, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910), ca. 1852–57 The Met

Shown from about the knees up, a pale, smooth-skinned woman in a fur-lined yellow jacket looks out at us as she sits writing at a table in this vertical painting. The woman’s body faces the table to our left.

Johannes Vermeer A Lady Writing, c. 1665 National Gallery of Art

Four light-skinned ballerinas with russet-orange hair tied back in buns adjust the straps of their bodices as they gather close together, their bodies and wide, knee-length tutus taking up the left half of this horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Four Dancers, c. 1899 National Gallery of Art

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

Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child, Théodore Géricault, ca. 1819–20, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child, ca. 1819–20 The Met

The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, Théodore Rousseau, 1852–54, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, 1852–54 The Met

Eleven men, women, and children stand around a freestanding flagpole near a floating dock on a beach in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, and dozens more people are gathered on the dock.

Eugène Boudin On the Jetty, c. 1869/1870 National Gallery of Art

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