Bedroom Paintings: Calm Famous Works for Above the Bed (page 5)

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

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Landscape with a Windmill, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646, oil on wood

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Windmill, 1646 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

David: "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6, Frederic Leighton, 1865, oil on fabric

Frederic Leighton David: "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6, 1865 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

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, George Inness, ca. 1891, oil and crayon or charcoal on canvas

George Inness Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, ca. 1891 The Met

On the Unadilla, New York, Eastman Johnson, 1884, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson On the Unadilla, New York, 1884 The Met

Eaton's Neck, Long Island, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Eaton's Neck, Long Island, 1872 The Met

Lake George, New York, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, New York, 1872 The Met

Newport Rocks, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Newport Rocks, 1872 The Met

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut, 1872 The Met

Evening, New Bedford Harbor, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Evening, New Bedford Harbor, 1890 The Met

Moonlight, Dwight William Tryon, 1887, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Moonlight, 1887 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

Arques-la-Bataille, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1884, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Arques-la-Bataille, ca. 1884 The Met

Vaprio d'Adda, Bernardo Bellotto, 1744, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Vaprio d'Adda, 1744 The Met

Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis, Eugène Boudin, 1892, oil on canvas

Eugène Boudin Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis, 1892 The Met

Apple Blossoms, Charles-François Daubigny, 1873, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Apple Blossoms, 1873 The Met

The Hamlet of Optevoz, Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1852, oil on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny The Hamlet of Optevoz, ca. 1852 The Met

Autumn: The Woodland Pond, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1867, oil on canvas

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Autumn: The Woodland Pond, 1867 The Met

Santa Maria della Salute, Francesco Guardi, mid- to late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, mid- to late 1760s The Met

The Grand Canal above the Rialto, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Grand Canal above the Rialto, late 1760s The Met

Woodland Road, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Woodland Road, ca. 1670 The Met

The Pont Neuf, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1849–50, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind The Pont Neuf, 1849–50 The Met

Sleep, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1867–70, oil on canvas

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Sleep, ca. 1867–70 The Met

The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, Théodore Rousseau, 1852–54, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Edge of the Woods at Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau Forest, 1852–54 The Met

The Forest Stream, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael The Forest Stream, ca. 1660 The Met

Grainfields, Jacob van Ruisdael, mid- or late 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Grainfields, mid- or late 1660s 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

Moonlight, Strandgade 30, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900–1906, oil on canvas

Vilhelm Hammershøi Moonlight, Strandgade 30, 1900–1906 The Met

Landscape with Cattle at Limousin, Jules Dupré, 1837, oil on canvas

Jules Dupré Landscape with Cattle at Limousin, 1837 The Met

The Pond (La Mare), Théodore Rousseau, 1855, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Pond (La Mare), 1855 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

An elegantly dressed man and woman ride horses toward us and to our right in a landscape with low, rolling hills, stone buildings, and trees in this horizontal painting. The two horses and riders take up the right half of the composition.

Aelbert Cuyp Lady and Gentleman on Horseback, c. 1655, reworked 1660/1665 National Gallery of Art

We look down and across a canal filled with more than two dozen gondolas and sailing boats, and flanked by rows golden-yellow and parchment-white buildings connected by a wide, arched bridge in this horizontal landscape painting.

Francesco Guardi Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice, probably c. 1780 National Gallery of Art

About a dozen people walk and a few ride horses across a bridge spanning river that cuts through a sandy landscape in this horizontal painting.

Jean-Léon Gérôme View of Medinet El-Fayoum, c. 1868/1870 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

Water laps at a curving shoreline in front of a steep sandy dune carpeted in grass, shrubs, and trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The dune takes up the lower right quadrant of the composition.

Jacob van Ruisdael Dunes by the Sea, 1648 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

Near the center of the painting, a masted wooden ship floats against a vibrant sunset that fades from lilac purple to carnation pink along the horizon line, which comes about a quarter of the way up this horizontal landscape.

Fitz Henry Lane Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a young woman outdoors in a light purple dress and head covering with a wooden yoke around her neck suspending large bundles of brightly colored flowers.

George Hitchcock Flower Girl in Holland, 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Brooklyn Bridge, Henry Ward Ranger, 1899, oil on canvas

Henry Ward Ranger Brooklyn Bridge, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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