Bedroom Paintings: Calm Famous Works for Above the Bed (page 13)

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

Showing 577 to 624 of 805 paintings

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627 The Met

Cool light filters through a thick, verdant forest in this vertical landscape painting. Most of the trees have high canopies with celery, matcha, and olive-green leaves.

Asher Brown Durand Forest in the Morning Light, c. 1855 National Gallery of Art

A Home in the Wilderness, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford A Home in the Wilderness, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Vincent van Gogh, Early 1887, oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard

Vincent van Gogh Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, Early 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

A few pale brown buildings with terracotta red roofs are nestled among hills at the base of a towering, icy-blue mountain in this horizontal landscape painting.

Paul Cézanne Montagne Sainte-Victoire, from near Gardanne, c. 1887 National Gallery of Art

Irises, Claude Monet, 1914–17, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Irises, 1914–17 Art Institute of Chicago

Rushing Water, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Rushing Water, ca. 1901–7 The Met

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Claude Lorrain, early 1640s, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Rest on the Flight into Egypt, early 1640s Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Trees and a Stream on a Hillside, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1853, oil on board

Jasper Francis Cropsey Trees and a Stream on a Hillside, 1853 Cleveland Museum of Art

Against a deep, hilly landscape, a young woman sits facing us on a rocky ledge with a small child in her lap in this square painting. The woman and child, Mary and Jesus, both have pale skin and blond hair.

Gerard David The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c. 1510 National Gallery of Art

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

Reverie, Camille Corot, 1857 or later, oil on wood

Camille Corot Reverie, 1857 or later The Met

Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1864, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1864 The Met

Long Island Farmhouses, William Sidney Mount, 1862–63, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Long Island Farmhouses, 1862–63 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a seated woman is surrounded by an arch of disembodied, winged baby heads as she gazes down at an infant lying across her lap in this vertical painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto The Madonna of the Stars, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, Paul Gauguin, 1880, oil on linen canvas

Paul Gauguin Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, 1880 Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, Winslow Homer, 1869 (?), oil on wood

Winslow Homer Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, 1869 (?) The Met

Versailles, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1900–1905, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Versailles, 1900–1905 The Met

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

Four boats with low masts sit on a sandy beach next to rocky cliffs under a cloud-filled sky in this horizontal landscape painting. Three of the boats are clustered together near the center of the composition.

Gustave Courbet Boats on a Beach, Etretat, c. 1872/1875 National Gallery of Art

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

Towering, sheer cliffs loom to our left, over a sunny beach scattered with boats in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet Beach in Normandy, c. 1872/1875 National Gallery of Art

Beach Scene, Eugène Boudin, c. 1865–1867, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin Beach Scene, c. 1865–1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1650–51, oil on wood

Gerard ter Borch A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, ca. 1650–51 The Met

Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1867, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey Pompton Plains, New Jersey, 1867 The Met

Ecce Agnus Dei, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Ecce Agnus Dei, c. 1655 Art Institute of Chicago

Dense canopies enclose a forested interior along a stream in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855 National Gallery of Art

The Titan's Goblet, Thomas Cole, 1833, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Titan's Goblet, 1833 The Met

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667–70, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, ca. 1667–70 The Met

Weary Wayfarers, Jean-Charles Cazin, 1888, oil on canvas

Jean-Charles Cazin Weary Wayfarers, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Painted portrait dominated by loose, large brushstrokes of a woman, seen from the back, wearing a gauzy white off-the-shoulder dress and black choker, blond hair swept up, examining herself in a mirror at left.

Berthe Morisot Woman at Her Toilette, 1875–80 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of woman, arms crossed on brown desk, staring at goldfish.

Henri Matisse Woman before an Aquarium, 1921–23 Art Institute of Chicago

The Repast of the Lion, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907 The Met

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on fabric

Vincent van Gogh The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), 1889 Cleveland Museum of Art

A butter-yellow sky fills the top two-thirds of this square landscape painting while in the bottom third, a brown structure is surrounded by golden yellow and pine-green forms like clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Evening of the Deluge, c. 1843 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bay that curves away from us into the distance and to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. C-shaped, shallow waves lap at the sandy beach from our right.

Worthington Whittredge Second Beach, Newport, c. 1878/1880 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woodland scene with tall trees surrounding a small, still pond. The trees and grassy ground are painted in shades of olive-green, rusty orange, yellow ochre, and dark brown.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Frog Pond, 1876 National Gallery of Art

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540, oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite

Lucas Cranach the Elder Hunting near Hartenfels Castle, 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens, Edgar Degas, c. 1867, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas Portrait of Mme Lisle and Mme Loubens, c. 1867 Art Institute of Chicago

The Trout Pool, Worthington Whittredge, 1870, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge The Trout Pool, 1870 The Met

The Cascade, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1775, oil on wood

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Cascade, ca. 1775 The Met

Still life of sensuously detailed painting of four white magnolias lying on blue velvet cloth.

Martin Johnson Heade Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth, 1885–95 Art Institute of Chicago

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, Théodore Géricault, 1818, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818 The Met

Virgin and Child, Hans Memling, c. 1485, oil on panel

Hans Memling Virgin and Child, c. 1485 Art Institute of Chicago

Moss-green land rising to a tree-topped bluff follows the curve of a sandy beach surrounding a pale blue cove in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Corot Beach near Etretat, c. 1872 National Gallery of Art

Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens"), Édouard Vuillard, 1894, distemper on fabric

Édouard Vuillard Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens"), 1894 Cleveland Museum of Art