Paintings for Warm White Walls (page 27)

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 1,249 to 1,296 of 1,315.

About two dozen men and women 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 Scene at Trouville, 1863 National Gallery of Art

The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream, 1899; reworked by 1906 The Met

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, Alfred Sisley, 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875 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

The Environs of Paris, Camille Corot, 1860s, oil on wood

Camille Corot The Environs of Paris, 1860s The Met

A seascape painted in pastel tones, light-colored houses with red chimneys and light-green shutters in the foreground. The scene is set on a rocky, green hillside overlooking a blue sea with small sailboats.

Childe Hassam New England Headlands, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across a forested ravine painted in deep greens and blues at a terracotta-orange building at the top of a hill at the center of this nearly square, loosely painted landscape.

Paul Cézanne Château Noir, 1900/1904 National Gallery of Art

Irises, Claude Monet, 1914–17, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Irises, 1914–17 Art Institute of Chicago

Piazza San Marco, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Piazza San Marco, late 1760s The Met

Loosely painted scene of a brown-haired girl in her nightgown standing in a dark room, gazing out a window into a brighter night, her face unseen and her hand drawing back the pale curtain.

Edvard Munch The Girl by the Window, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, 1890, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Woman in Front of a Still Life by Cezanne, 1890 Art Institute of Chicago

Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme), Édouard Manet, 1864, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme), 1864 Art Institute of Chicago

An ice- and powder-blue sky swirled with faint peach takes up the top two-thirds of this landscape painting.

Alfred Sisley First Snow at Veneux-Nadon, 1878 National Gallery of Art

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

Paul Cézanne The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Mount Sainte-Victoire, Paul Cézanne, c. 1904, oil on fabric

Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte-Victoire, c. 1904 Cleveland Museum of Art

Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, Claude Monet, 1886, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Rocks at Port-Goulphar, Belle-Île, 1886 Art Institute of Chicago

By the Seashore, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir By the Seashore, 1883 The Met

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

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

Bernardo Bellotto Vaprio d'Adda, 1744 The Met

Vibrantly colored geometric painting of a central white and blue waterfall with birds visible through it. A stylized red jungle cat and black wild boar drink at bottom right.

Franz Marc The Bewitched Mill, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

From atop a high hill, we look across a broad valley leading to a winding river in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The scene is created entirely with visible brushstrokes in fresh and vibrant green and shimmering and smoky blues.

Theodore Robinson The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny, 1892 National Gallery of Art

Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants, Paul Cézanne, 1893–94, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants, 1893–94 The Met

The Pool at Jas de Bouffan, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1885–86, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The Pool at Jas de Bouffan, ca. 1885–86 The Met

The Factory Village, Julian Alden Weir, 1897, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Factory Village, 1897 The Met

Loosely painted image of an open-air train station. On the right, a parked train gives off an enormous plumb of white smoke, making the scene look as though it were full of clouds.

Claude Monet Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877 Art Institute of Chicago

We look up at the exterior of a church that soars the height of this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, 1894 National Gallery of Art

The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, Édouard Manet, 1864, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, 1864 The Met

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

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

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

Lion on the Watch, Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1885, oil on wood panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Lion on the Watch, c. 1885 Cleveland Museum of Art

From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Painting of softly rendered shapes in pale blue, green, and white. A textured green mass at left resembles foliage. Blue and white cloud-like forms fill the rest of the frame.

Claude Monet Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist), 1897 Art Institute of Chicago

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Claude Monet Sandvika, Norway, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

Figures on the Beach, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1890, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Figures on the Beach, 1890 The Met

A glass bottle, a glass carafe, a stemmed glass, several pieces of fruit, and white and blue cloths are arranged on a wooden table in this horizontal still life. The bottle and carafe are at the center of this composition.

Paul Cézanne The Peppermint Bottle, 1893/1895 National Gallery of Art

Elie Williams, Charles Willson Peale, 1789, oil on canvas

Charles Willson Peale Elie Williams, 1789 The Met

The Petite Creuse River, Claude Monet, 1889, oil on canvas

Claude Monet The Petite Creuse River, 1889 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across the water at two sailing ships with cream-white sails and dark rigging floating in a shimmering, ice-blue river against a distant shore lined with trees, hills, and buildings in this nearly square landscape painting.

Claude Monet Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen, 1872/1873 National Gallery of Art

Berthe Morisot Young Woman with a Straw Hat, 1884 National Gallery of Art

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Washerwoman, Study, Camille Pissarro, 1880, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Washerwoman, Study, 1880 The Met

Shown from the lap up a pale-skinned young girl sits in a grassy landscape in this vertical painting. The girl and surroundings are painted with visible strokes and dashes of mostly vivid greens and blues, which give the scene a soft look.

Camille Pissarro Peasant Girl with a Straw Hat, 1881 National Gallery of Art

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

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

Jewel-toned blue, red, yellow, green, and pearl white brushstrokes swirl and stretch in this loosely painted horizontal landscape painting.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Blue River, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

A tree with emerald-green leaves and laden with white blossoms grows in a dirt field, and is silhouetted against a vibrant blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dabs and strokes.

Camille Pissarro Orchard in Bloom, Louveciennes, 1872 National Gallery of Art

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

Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890 The Met

Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

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