Bedroom Paintings: Calm Famous Works for Above the Bed (page 16)

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

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The New Bonnet, Eastman Johnson, 1876, oil on academy board

Eastman Johnson The New Bonnet, 1876 The Met

Interior with a Young Couple, Pieter de Hooch, probably ca. 1662–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Interior with a Young Couple, probably ca. 1662–65 The Met

Paying the Hostess, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670 The Met

This horizontal, rectangular painting is created entirely with dots and touches of sky and royal blue, butter and sunshine yellow, and spring green.

Georges Seurat Seascape (Gravelines), 1890 National Gallery of Art

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat, 1884, oil on wood

Georges Seurat Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", 1884 The Met

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, Camille Corot, 1871, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, 1871 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a beach scene with people gathered on the sandy shore, facing away from us, looking towards the water. The horizon is in the center of the image, with the pale green-blue sea meeting the slightly darker blue sky.

Eugène Boudin On the Beach, 1894 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

Eleven men, women, and children stand around a freestanding flagpole near a floating dock on a beach in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, and dozens more people are gathered on the dock.

Eugène Boudin On the Jetty, c. 1869/1870 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a sandy beach under a vast, light blue sky. The horizon is in the center of the painting where the blue sky blends into the blue water.

Eugène Boudin Women on the Beach at Berck, 1881 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a beach scene with several people gathered on the shore. The people are gathered between four white tent-like structures in the center of the painting.

Eugène Boudin Beach Scene, 1862 National Gallery of Art

Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, Rosa Bonheur, 1864, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, 1864 The Met

The Baptism of Christ, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530s, oil on wood

Lucas Cranach the Elder The Baptism of Christ, 1530s Cleveland Museum of Art

Gray Day on the Bay, William Merritt Chase, c. 1886, oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Gray Day on the Bay, c. 1886 Cleveland Museum of Art

Mottled, geometric shapes painted in shades of peanut brown, beige, grass and spruce green, smoky gray, golden and buttercup yellow, and topaz and lapis blue are arranged across this wide, horizontal, abstract painting.

Roger de La Fresnaye The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden), 1913 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a young woman lying on her stomach on a brown, rocky surface near the water's edge, looking towards the sea.

Jules Breton The Cliff (La Falaise), 1874 National Gallery of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch, Benjamin West, 1791, oil on paper mounted on wood

Benjamin West British Manufactory; A Sketch, 1791 Cleveland Museum of Art

Kitchen Scene, Diego Velázquez, 1618–20, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene, 1618–20 Art Institute of Chicago

Potted Pansies, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1883, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Potted Pansies, 1883 The Met

Still Life with Pansies, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1874, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Still Life with Pansies, 1874 The Met

A row of about a dozen men and women sit, stand, or stroll along a sandy beach beneath a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many of the facial features and other details are indistinct.

Eugène Boudin The Beach, 1877 National Gallery of Art

El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

A man with pale white skin sits and a man with light brown skin stands in front of a cave-like, rocky outcropping in this vertical portrait painting.

Benjamin West Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), 1776 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a seaside scene with people sitting on a sandy beach. In the center is a group of three women and one child. The women wear high-necked dresses and tall hats in shades of red, yellow, and pink.

Eugène Boudin On the Beach, Trouville, 1887 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya Friar Pedro Binds El Maragato with a Rope, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

Study of Palm Trees, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1855/56, oil on canvas, laid down on board

Jean-Léon Gérôme Study of Palm Trees, 1855/56 The Met

Boboli Garden, Florence, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1906–7, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper, mounted on board

John Singer Sargent Boboli Garden, Florence, ca. 1906–7 The Met

A Hunting Scene, Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494–1500, tempera and oil transferred to Masonite

Piero di Cosimo A Hunting Scene, ca. 1494–1500 The Met

Roses in a Vase, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1890, oil on fabric

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Roses in a Vase, c. 1890 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, Rosa Bonheur, 1860–80, oil on fabric

Rosa Bonheur The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, 1860–80 Cleveland Museum of Art

Sulking, Edgar Degas, ca. 1870, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas Sulking, ca. 1870 The Met

Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Alfred Sisley, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

Madam Pompadour, Amedeo Modigliani, 1915, oil on canvas

Amedeo Modigliani Madam Pompadour, 1915 Art Institute of Chicago

A Lane through the Trees, Camille Corot, ca. 1870–73, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Lane through the Trees, ca. 1870–73 The Met

A young woman with pale, peach skin wearing a white apron over an ankle-length navy-blue dress stands in a dining room in this vertical painting. The painting is created using loose brushstrokes throughout.

Berthe Morisot In the Dining Room, 1886 National Gallery of Art

Berthe Morisot The Artist's Sister at a Window, 1869 National Gallery of Art

The Hermit (Il solitario), John Singer Sargent, 1908, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent The Hermit (Il solitario), 1908 The Met

A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center of a garden dominated by towering yellow and burnt-orange sunflowers in this loosely painted, vertical scene.

Claude Monet The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 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 Ferryman, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot The Ferryman, ca. 1865 The Met

Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on fabric

Vincent van Gogh Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, 1889 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman, Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1550, oil on wood

Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of a Woman, c. 1550 Cleveland Museum of Art

Curiosity, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1660–62, oil on canvas

Gerard ter Borch Curiosity, ca. 1660–62 The Met

Shown from the knees up, a woman wearing an ice- and teal-blue dress and shawl sits in front of a window in this vertical painting. The scene is painted loosely with brushstrokes especially evident in the clothing and background.

Childe Hassam The New York Window, 1912 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

A Young Man with a Chain, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632, oil on wood

Rembrandt van Rijn A Young Man with a Chain, c. 1629 or 1632 Cleveland Museum of Art

Wild Boars in the Snow, Rosa Bonheur, c. 1872–77, oil on wood panel

Rosa Bonheur Wild Boars in the Snow, c. 1872–77 Cleveland Museum of Art