Black-and-White Paintings for the Bathroom

Paintings with almost no color: grays, browns and blacks that sit quietly on any wall and beside any fabric. Bathrooms want paintings that feel clean and airy: coastlines, boats, calm water, shells, clouds and botanical studies. Here are 65 paintings for the bathroom, each with almost no color, with works by Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Winslow Homer.

All 387 paintings for the bathroom

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, Claude Monet 30 × 40 in landscape print (76 × 102 cm), centered 58 in from the floor, 19¾ in above the tub. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

Claude Monet The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Art Institute of Chicago

Charing Cross Bridge, London, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

The Loire, Alfred Sisley, 1896, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Loire, 1896 Art Institute of Chicago

The Departure of the Boats, Étretat, Claude Monet, 1885, oil on canvas

Claude Monet The Departure of the Boats, Étretat, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Stream and Rocks, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–8, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Stream and Rocks, ca. 1901–8 The Met

Boys in a Dory, Winslow Homer, 1873, watercolor washes and gouache over graphite underdrawing on medium rough textured white wove paper

Winslow Homer Boys in a Dory, 1873 The Met

Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, Camille Pissarro, 1896, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Morning, An Overcast Day, Rouen, 1896 The Met

A waterway flanked by low banks curves away from us in front of a band of rolling hills in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The water is created with wide strokes of white, ice blue, or the muted jewel tones of the hills.

Paul Gauguin Brittany Landscape, 1888 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a silvery-gray beach nestled in a hilly, curving coastline to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. A flat expanse of beach stretches in front of us to meet the water to our left.

Claude Monet Sainte-Adresse, 1867 National Gallery of Art

The Seine at Bas-Meudon, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865, oil on fabric

Johan Barthold Jongkind The Seine at Bas-Meudon, 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art

Lake George, A Reminiscence, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, A Reminiscence, 1872 The Met

Lake George, Free Study, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, Free Study, 1872 The Met

Lake George, New York, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, New York, 1872 The Met

Evening, New Bedford Harbor, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Evening, New Bedford Harbor, 1890 The Met

The Red Bridge, Julian Alden Weir, 1895, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Red Bridge, 1895 The Met

The Grand Canal above the Rialto, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Grand Canal above the Rialto, late 1760s The Met

View from the Quai d'Orsay, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1854, oil on canvas, mounted on wood

Johan Barthold Jongkind View from the Quai d'Orsay, 1854 The Met

We look across a profusion of vivid red, blush-pink, and white flowers lining a stony shoreline in this almost square landscape painting.

Childe Hassam Poppies, Isles of Shoals, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1864, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c. 1864 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with a horizon in the lower third of the composition. On the left side of the painting, there are tall trees along a canal.

Johan Barthold Jongkind The Towpath, 1864 National Gallery of Art

We look across a channel of choppy water at three masted ships, a sailboat, at least one steamer, and three rowboats in this horizontal seascape painting.

Eugène Boudin Le Havre, 1883 National Gallery of Art

Water laps at a curving shoreline in front of a steep sandy dune carpeted in grass, shrubs, and trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The dune takes up the lower right quadrant of the composition.

Jacob van Ruisdael Dunes by the Sea, 1648 National Gallery of Art

The image features a seascape scene with a beach, ocean, and sailboats. The horizon is high in the image, separating the sea from the sky, where sailboats are present.

Eugène Boudin Low Tide at Scheveningen, 1875 National Gallery of Art

A stream meanders back through snowbanks in this wooded landscape, which is created entirely with cool, pale tones of white, gray, blue, lilac, and golden beige in this nearly square painting.

John Henry Twachtman Winter Harmony, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

Eight men, women, and children stand or 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 at Trouville, 1864/1865 National Gallery of Art

Near the center of the painting, a masted wooden ship floats against a vibrant sunset that fades from lilac purple to carnation pink along the horizon line, which comes about a quarter of the way up this horizontal landscape.

Fitz Henry Lane Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863 National Gallery of Art

Firemen's Washing Day, William P. Chappel, 1870s, oil on slate paper

William P. Chappel Firemen's Washing Day, 1870s The Met

Water Lilies (Agapanthus), Claude Monet, c. 1915–26, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Water Lilies (Agapanthus), c. 1915–26 Cleveland Museum of Art

Among potted flowers and lush foliage, a tiny child in a white dress plays with a hoop. A woman peers at the child from an ivy-covered building at right.

Claude Monet The Artist's House at Argenteuil, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

Approaching Storm, Eugène Boudin, 1864, oil on cradled panel

Eugène Boudin Approaching Storm, 1864 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

River with a Distant Tower, Camille Corot, 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot River with a Distant Tower, 1865 The Met

Four women and two children, all with pale skin, carry baskets as they walk along a beach under a brilliant blue sky in this horizontal painting. The scene is painted with visible dabs and blended strokes.

John Singer Sargent En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish), 1878 National Gallery of Art

A two-masted ship with sails furled has been pulled onto a beach as dozens of people bustle on and around it in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted and many details are indistinct throughout.

Eugène Boudin Return of the Terre-Neuvier, 1875 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting depicting several ships on a stretch of water. The horizon is situated in the lower third of the painting, creating a vast expanse of sky above.

Eugène Boudin Ships and Sailing Boats Leaving Le Havre, 1887 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a harbor scene with several large ships and smaller boats on a wide waterway. To the left and right of center, two large ships are visible, each with multiple tall masts and several sails.

Eugène Boudin Entrance to the Harbor, Le Havre, 1883 National Gallery of Art

Boats at Berck-sur-Mer, Édouard Manet, 1873, oil on fabric

Édouard Manet Boats at Berck-sur-Mer, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, Winslow Homer, 1900–1903, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Early Morning After a Storm at Sea, 1900–1903 Cleveland Museum of Art

Arques-la-Bataille, John Henry Twachtman, 1885, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Arques-la-Bataille, 1885 The Met

Pond at Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot, late 1860s, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Pond at Ville-d'Avray, late 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a waterfront with boats and buildings in the distance. The shadowy horizon line divides the composition between the gray sky and gray water. The distant shore features faint outlines of buildings.

James McNeill Whistler Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, c. 1864/1868 National Gallery of Art

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

The Dock of Deauville, Eugène Boudin, 1891, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin The Dock of Deauville, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Beach at Deauville, Eugène Boudin, 1864, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin The Beach at Deauville, 1864 Cleveland Museum of Art

Waterfall, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1889–91, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Waterfall, ca. 1889–91 The Met

Allée of Chestnut Trees, Alfred Sisley, 1878, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Allée of Chestnut Trees, 1878 The Met

We are eye-level on a beach with half a dozen ships in view, sitting on the ground against a gray sky in this vertical landscape oil painting created with broad, unblended strokes.

Eugène Boudin Low Tide, Sailboats Run Aground, 1885-1890 National Gallery of Art

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