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Mr. Masyga's construction-site photographs neatly complement the paintings (Cotter).

Mr. Masyga's construction site photographs (bricks, pipes, plastic net fencing) neatly complement the paintings.

Most intriguing is the way the women often seem to echo or complement the paintings and sculptures beside them; each seems to be paired with a masterwork that best matches her personality.

(The dun-colored walls in "Divided Light and Color" mirror the ideas of The Ten, as they were called, who, inspired by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and the British-born Aesthetic Movement, thought that gallery or museum walls should complement the paintings hung on them).

The exhibition was more impressive in Paris, where it was slightly larger, included a few more portraits and was installed in austere galleries that complemented the paintings' sensuality and incipient modernity.

She was dressed expressly to complement one of the paintings -- a Valentine-themed work full of swirly frosting and candy hearts printed with messages like "Hug Me" -- in a rose-print Todd Oldham frock and red python stilettos.

Many ancillary pleasures complement the big picture.

A mix of antiques and reproductions and hardwood floors complement oil paintings in the common areas.

Working on wood panels or Masonite board, Mr. Tooker painstakingly built luminous matte surfaces, inch by square inch; soft, powdery colors complemented the rounded forms and fabrics of the paintings.

As for the paintings, the couple started collecting Dutch old masters to complement their furniture, said Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of Northern Baroque painting at the gallery.

According to Dine, the walls actually brought the vivid reds and blues of the paintings to the forefront, which in turn nicely complemented the palette that he used for the rugs, shelving and tables that he designed.