Calming Paintings for the Bathroom (page 3)

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The painting features a sandy shore and a calm sea with sailing boats in the distance. At the bottom of the painting, people sit on the sand by the water.

Eugène Boudin Washerwoman near Trouville, c. 1872/1876 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a busy harbor scene with ships and masts rising into the blue-gray sky. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, in shades of soft grey, brown, and blue, with some pops of red and yellow from indistinct objects.

Eugène Boudin The Trawlers, 1885 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with large sailing ships and smaller vessels. To the right of center is a large ship with several tall masts and many billowing white sails.

Fitz Henry Lane New York Harbor, 1852 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

We look out across a band of broad, craggy boulders at an ocean bay dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The tops of the flat boulders are caramel brown in the sunlight and darker, rust-brown shadows down the sides.

William Stanley Haseltine Narragansett Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

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

U.S. Mail Boat, Leila T. Bauman, 1855 or later, oil on canvas

Leila T. Bauman U.S. Mail Boat, 1855 or later National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a rocky coastline dotted with color. The horizon is high in the scene, and a strip of pale-yellow sky is visible at the very top of the painting.

Henry Golden Dearth Flecks of Foam, c. 1911/1912 National Gallery of Art

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte, George Catlin, 1861/1869, oil on card mounted on paperboard

George Catlin American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte, 1861/1869 National Gallery of Art

This image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a high horizon line meeting a line of evergreen trees under a sky with blue and grayish clouds. The sky and treetops are textured with lively brushstrokes.

George Catlin La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681, 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a coastal landscape from an elevated point of view. A structure resembling a thatched-roof cottage is on the right, partially obscured by the rolling green hills that take up the bottom right area of the painting.

Henri Moret The Island of Raguenez, Brittany, 1890/1895 National Gallery of Art

Bay of New York, Sunset, Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century, oil on canvas

Thomas Chambers Bay of New York, Sunset, mid 19th century National Gallery of Art

Boston Harbor, Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century, oil on canvas

Thomas Chambers Boston Harbor, mid 19th century National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a coastal scene. A rocky shore in warm tones of orange, brown, red, and purple is closest to us, with two boats and a simple structure visible near the center of the painting.

Henri-Edmond Cross Calanque des Antibois, 1891/1892 National Gallery of Art

We hover over a flax-yellow body of water lined with ships to our left and right, which are silhouetted against a moonlit, cloud-veiled sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835 National Gallery of Art

We look across a glittering waterway lined with long, low boats and sailboats at an ivory-white church in the distance to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore, 1834 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a port-side town along a canal, with a church across the water from us in this horizontal landscape painting. A bright blue sky with billowing white, pink, and gray clouds fills the top two-thirds of the painting.

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

We look across a strip of tall grass and flowers at a river that winds into the distance in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil, 1880 National Gallery of Art

The rounded, feathery canopies of trees are mirrored in the placid surface of a river in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dashes and strokes. The largest tree is to our right of center.

Claude Monet The Seine at Giverny, 1897 National Gallery of Art

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

We look across a rocky, grass-covered promontory at a crumbling, round brick tower overlooking topaz-blue water in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower, 1838 National Gallery of Art

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 passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats and a town along the water’s edge in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rotterdam Ferry-Boat, 1833 National Gallery of Art

The Old Road to the Sea, William Merritt Chase, c. 1893, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase The Old Road to the Sea, c. 1893 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane, 1854, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, 1854 The Met

Roiling, churning waves breaking against a patch of a sandy beach fill most of this wide, horizontal landscape painting. The water deepens from aquamarine blue to teal, slate, and midnight blue amid clouds of ivory-white crests and spray.

Thomas Moran The Much Resounding Sea, 1884 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

A fleet of ships gathers in a river lined by trees and buildings in this horizontal painting.

Aelbert Cuyp The Maas at Dordrecht, c. 1650 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

This painting displays an elevated view of a bustling port town. In the center, a tall tree with dense green foliage stands out against a light blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

Jurgan Frederick Huge Composite Harbor Scene with Castle, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art

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

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

At least one rowboat occupied by two people floats on a lake, which is surrounded by lush green vegetation in this vertical landscape painting.

Berthe Morisot Girl in a Boat with Geese, c. 1889 National Gallery of Art

Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, John Singer Sargent, 1890–91, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, 1890–91 The Met

Scene on the Mersey, James McNeill Whistler, 1869, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

James McNeill Whistler Scene on the Mersey, 1869 The Met

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

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

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

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

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

In this painting, abstract shapes and bright colors give the impression of two tall people standing outdoors.

August Macke People by the Blue Lake, 1913 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a harbor with sailing ships displaying countless colorful flags. The ships stretch across the painting horizontally, floating on clear, reflective water.

Eugène Boudin Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895/1896 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man in a yellow jacket standing on a small brown rowboat on a wide, pale green river. Behind him is a large mint-green sailboat, its tall mast bare, the sails folded on the deck.

Childe Hassam Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob, 1902 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a scene overlooking a calm body of water. A large sailing ship with two tall masts and a dark hull is anchored on the water, its sails tied up. On the left, there are two people in a small, dark rowboat.

Eugène Boudin Ship on the Touques, c. 1888/1895 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a grassy landscape from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon is high in the composition, with faint pink-and-yellow mountains or hills under a muted gray-blue sky. Closest to us, light greens and yellows suggest grass.

Édouard Vuillard On the Beach, c. 1907 National Gallery of Art

Irises, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Irises, 1890 The Met

The Public Garden at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Public Garden at Pontoise, 1874 The Met

The Gardener, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat The Gardener, 1882–83 The Met

From high up, we look down and out at a river with seven ferries and barges, the waterway lined with buildings on the bank to our right, in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Camille Pissarro The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather, 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

A woman bends double to tend a garden that stretches before us in front of two houses in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Pissarro The Artist's Garden at Eragny, 1898 National Gallery of Art