Black-and-White Paintings for the Kitchen

Paintings with almost no color: grays, browns and blacks that sit quietly on any wall and beside any fabric. Kitchen walls are short, busy and often warm from the stove, so the right painting is small, bright and easy to live with. Here are 12 paintings for the kitchen, each with almost no color, with works by Édouard Manet, Paul Gauguin and Claude Monet.

All 143 paintings for the kitchen

Woman Reading, Édouard Manet 16 × 20 in portrait print (41 × 51 cm), centered 49¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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12 black-and-white paintings

A young woman in a dark hat and coat with light ruffled collar sits reading a large periodical held up in her gloved hands. Flowers and foliage are suggested behind her.

Édouard Manet Woman Reading, 1880–82 Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, Paul Gauguin, 1880, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

Apples and grapes rest in a shallow wicker basket on a table covered with a light-colored cloth. Additional fruit is scattered on the table.

Claude Monet Apples and Grapes, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples, Vincent van Gogh, 1887, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples, 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Rose and coral pink, vivid white, delphinium blue, and buttercup yellow flowers with deep green leaves are arranged in a blue and white vase in front of a pale sea-green background in this vertical still life painting.

Paul Cézanne Flowers in a Rococo Vase, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

A bouquet of cut flowers in a clear glass vase nearly fills this vertical painting. The vase has straight sides and the rounded bottom is supported by short, round feet.

Édouard Manet Flowers in a Crystal Vase, c. 1882 National Gallery of Art

Peach Blossoms, Winslow Homer, 1878, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Peach Blossoms, 1878 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

The Shepherd's Song, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes The Shepherd's Song, 1891 The Met

Holding a bunch of peonies in one hand, a woman with brown skin leans forward, toward us from behind a large basket holding dozens of flowers in this horizontal painting.

Frédéric Bazille Young Woman with Peonies, 1870 National Gallery of Art

Young Peasant Having Her Coffee, Camille Pissarro, 1881, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Young Peasant Having Her Coffee, 1881 Art Institute of Chicago

A Fisherman, Eastman Johnson, 1865, brown inks on tan-color sized canvas

Eastman Johnson A Fisherman, 1865 The Met

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