Bedroom Paintings: Calm Famous Works for Above the Bed (page 12)

Calm first: paintings with low contrast, soft color and a horizon your eye can rest on.

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Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, probably 1878, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise, probably 1878 The Met

We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around a free-standing column in this vertical landscape painting. The people we can see have light skin.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Column, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn - On the Hudson River, 1860 National Gallery of Art

The dark, forest-green canopies of trees to our right are silhouetted against a sky that warms from pale blue along the top edge of the composition to butter yellow along the horizon, which comes about a quarter of the way up this…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Mountain Landscape at Sunset, c. 1765 National Gallery of Art

A dirt path winds through a field of gold-green grass back to a town built on low hills in this horizontal, densely hazy landscape painting. Several minuscule people walk on the path and at least one person rides a horse.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Siout, Egypt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

We look through a tropical forest lining a hazy, wide, placid river in this horizontal landscape painting. Densely packed trees, bushes, and plants create shadowed, thickly forested banks along both sides of the river.

Frederic Edwin Church El Rio de Luz (The River of Light), 1877 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a vast countryside from an elevated point of view. At the bottom of the painting is a wide brown and green field that appears to be growing wheat or a similar crop.

George Inness Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley, 1867 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1850, oil on panel

Théodore Rousseau Landscape, c. 1850 Art Institute of Chicago

A Vista through Trees: Fontainebleau, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1873, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña A Vista through Trees: Fontainebleau, 1873 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned, bearded man dressed in black gazes at us in this vertical portrait painting. His body is angled to our left, and he looks at us from the corners of his hazel eyes under thick brows.

Jacopo Tintoretto Portrait of a Man with a Landscape View, 1552/1556 National Gallery of Art

Édouard Vuillard Woman Sitting by the Fireside, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with a Church by a Torrent, Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1670, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Church by a Torrent, c. 1670 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Edge of the Woods, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1872, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Edge of the Woods, 1872 The Met

Landscape (The Lock), John Constable, c. 1820–25, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape (The Lock), c. 1820–25 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a serene forest setting with a wide, shallow stream flowing gently towards us. The scene is enclosed by tall trees on either side.

Worthington Whittredge Trout Brook in the Catskills, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone ruin, a bridge and river, and, in the distance, buildings along a flat-topped hill carpeted with grass in this vertical painting.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Diego Velázquez, c. 1622, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622 Art Institute of Chicago

Poplars, Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1895, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Poplars, Eragny, 1895 The Met

Two pale-skinned women sit together surrounded by five sheep and a dog in a lush forest in this vertical painting. The woman to our right sits slightly above the other, with her arm draped around the shoulders of her companion.

François Boucher The Love Letter, 1750 National Gallery of Art

Neptune and the Winds, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Neptune and the Winds, 1760s The Met

Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, c. 1860s, oil on wood panel

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest, c. 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, Annibale Carracci, ca. 1600, oil on copper

Annibale Carracci Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600 The Met

Evening in the Woods, Worthington Whittredge, 1876, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Evening in the Woods, 1876 The Met

We look across a stream and through a loose screen of shadowy trees at a sunlit farm under a powder-blue sky with towering, puffy clouds in this vertical landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Farm in the Sunlight, 1668 National Gallery of Art

Women Working in a Field, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Women Working in a Field, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a landscape with tall, blue, snow-capped mountains in the distance. There are blue and purple clouds in the yellow sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey View of Mt. Washington, 1881 National Gallery of Art

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1656–57, oil on canvas

Johannes Vermeer A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656–57 The Met

Souvenir of Italy, Camille Corot, 1855–60, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Souvenir of Italy, 1855–60 Art Institute of Chicago

Peace and Plenty, George Inness, 1865, oil on canvas

George Inness Peace and Plenty, 1865 The Met

An Old Chapel in a Valley, Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1835, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau An Old Chapel in a Valley, ca. 1835 The Met

Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun, Théodore Rousseau, 1851, oil on fabric

Théodore Rousseau Leaving the Forest, Fontainebleau: Setting Sun, 1851 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Sunlit Stream, Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1877, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape with a Sunlit Stream, ca. 1877 The Met

Rest, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1879, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Rest, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, 1760s The Met

Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest, Eugène Delacroix, 1858, oil on fabric

Eugène Delacroix Greek Cavalry Men Resting in Forest, 1858 Cleveland Museum of Art

Shown from the waist up behind a stone ledge, a young woman nestles a nude baby against her chest in this vertical painting.

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c. 1480/1485 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, George Inness, c. 1852, oil on canvas

George Inness Landscape, c. 1852 National Gallery of Art

The Falls of Niagara, Edward Hicks, ca. 1825, oil on canvas

Edward Hicks The Falls of Niagara, ca. 1825 The Met

This painting shows a pastoral setting with a large white-and-gray house on a hill to the left. Distant people stand in front of the house, along with a horse-drawn wagon.

Edward Hicks The Grave of William Penn, c. 1847/1848 National Gallery of Art

A heronǳ silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

The Dissolute Household, Jan Steen, ca. 1663–64, oil on canvas

Jan Steen The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663–64 The Met

Forest Stream with Vista, Asher Brown Durand, 1872, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Forest Stream with Vista, 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

A sinewy older man, his pale skin mostly exposed, sits on a stone low to the ground facing a table on our right in the center of this vertical painting. His gray hair is cropped short, and he has a graying, long beard.

Paolo Veronese Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

The Woodchopper, Jean-François Millet, c. 1858–66, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet The Woodchopper, c. 1858–66 Art Institute of Chicago

The Beeches, Asher Brown Durand, 1845, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand The Beeches, 1845 The Met

Harvest Scene, Winslow Homer, ca. 1873, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873 The Met

Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1871, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore, 1871 The Met

New England Scenery, Thomas Cole, 1839, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole New England Scenery, 1839 Art Institute of Chicago