Calming Paintings for the Bedroom (page 2)

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Across a grassy field, a row of buildings and two trees line the horizon, which comes about halfway up this nearly square landscape painting.

Paul Cézanne Landscape near Paris, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

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 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

A wide river cuts through a loosely painted, sunlit landscape in this almost square painting.

Alfred Sisley The Banks of the Oise, 1877/1878 National Gallery of Art

A row of structures and a massive weeping willow tree line the clay-orange riverbank opposite us in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is painted loosely with long, visible brushstrokes.

Paul Cézanne Banks of the Seine at Médan, c. 1885/1890 National Gallery of Art

We look across a glimmering river toward docks, about a dozen small boats, and a mustard-brown, boxy building under a bridge that crosses the width of the canvas in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Monet Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

Painted in mostly in jewel tones of topaz and aquamarine blue, and sage, spring, and pine green, a meadow is enclosed by a wooden fence, against a landscape of gently rolling hills under a vibrant sky in this horizontal painting.

Alfred Sisley Meadow, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Pale beige, angular houses cluster at the center of the horizontal landscape painting. The hilly, rocky landscape around and below the houses is painted with cool blues and greens, and warm ivory and caramel brown beneath a pale blue sky.

Paul Cézanne Houses in Provence: The Riaux Valley near L'Estaque, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

An arched bridge faintly materializes in a haze of soft turquoise blue and mint green in this horizontal landscape painting. The bridge has four arches under a flat deck, and it extends off each side of the canvas.

Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, 1904 National Gallery of Art

We look across a river at a bridge that spans the center of this horizontal landscape, which is painted entirely with broad, visible brushstrokes in pastel colors.

Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset, 1904 National Gallery of Art

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

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760 Art Institute of Chicago

Entrance to the Port of Honfleur, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1863–64, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind Entrance to the Port of Honfleur, 1863–64 Art Institute of Chicago

Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost, Armand Guillaumin, c.1903–1911, oil on fabric

Armand Guillaumin Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost, c.1903–1911 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons, Eugène Boudin, 1874, oil on fabric

Eugène Boudin View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons, 1874 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of the Port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, Eugène Boudin, 1891, oil on canvas

Eugène Boudin View of the Port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey View near Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, 1853 The Met

High Point: Shandaken Mountains, Asher Brown Durand, 1853, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand High Point: Shandaken Mountains, 1853 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

Moonrise at Sunset, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Moonrise at Sunset, 1890 The Met

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

Julian Alden Weir The Red Bridge, 1895 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

On the Beach, Sunset, Eugène Boudin, 1865, oil on wood

Eugène Boudin On the Beach, Sunset, 1865 The Met

Warm sunlight bathes a scene with a herd of five golden tan, ivory, or chocolate-brown cows lying or standing on a low hill near four people on foot and on horseback in this horizontal landscape painting.

Aelbert Cuyp Landscape with Herdsmen, mid 1650s National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a bright-green landscape with rolling hills in the distance.

Julian Alden Weir Obweebetuck, c. 1908 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

From a point of view over the water, we look across a bustling canal at a bridge, which is flanked by rows of buildings to each side in this horizontal painting.

Francesco Guardi View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, c. 1775-1780 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

The Pink Cloud, Henri-Edmond Cross, c. 1896, oil on canvas

Henri-Edmond Cross The Pink Cloud, c. 1896 Cleveland Museum 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

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

Sunset Sky, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset Sky, 1872 The Met

Two men and a dog walk or stand on a rutted dirt road that stretches into the distance in front of us, between a grove of trees to our left and a shallow, narrow canal or ditch to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema Wooded Landscape with Figures, c. 1658 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

Landscape with Goatherd, John Singer Sargent, 1890–1891, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Landscape with Goatherd, 1890–1891 The Met

A rocky shoreline juts into a vivid, aquamarine-blue body of water in this loosely painted, nearly square landscape.

Childe Hassam A North East Headland, 1901 National Gallery of Art

Sunset, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset, 1872 The Met

Man and Pool, Florida, John Singer Sargent, 1917, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Man and Pool, Florida, 1917 The Met

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a game being played on a grassy field. The game is taking place in the central green lawn, with buildings in the distance surrounded by trees.

Camille Pissarro Hampton Court Green, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Nocturne, John La Farge, ca. 1885, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper adhered to wove paper

John La Farge Nocturne, ca. 1885 The Met

Summer Day on Conesus Lake, John Frederick Kensett, 1870, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Summer Day on Conesus Lake, 1870 The Met

This painting depicts a sunlit forest with densely packed trees. Sunlight filters through the leaves, casting a warm glow and illuminating shades of green with hints of yellow and gold.

Henry Ward Ranger Spring Woods, c. 1910 National Gallery of Art

Cliffs at Deir el Bahri, Egypt, John Singer Sargent, 1890–91, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Cliffs at Deir el Bahri, Egypt, 1890–91 The Met

The Calm Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1869, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Calm Sea, 1869 The Met

We look sightly down and across a green meadow in front of us at a grove of tall trees to our left next to a shimmering body of water, before a deep view of distant mountains beneath an ice-blue sky in this horizontal landscape.

Asher Brown Durand Pastoral Landscape, 1861 National Gallery of Art