Calming Paintings for a Guest Room

Light, softly colored paintings that lower the volume of a room. A guest room needs a painting that everyone likes: broad landscapes, gardens, flowers, soft seascapes and pastoral scenes in neutral or warm palettes. Here are 188 paintings for a guest room, each light in tone and soft in color, with works by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Eugène Boudin.

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Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), Claude Monet 24 × 40 in landscape print (61 × 102 cm), centered 69¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. The angled light indicates either a rising or setting sun.

Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Irises, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Irises, 1890 The Met

Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

Claude Monet The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Art Institute of Chicago

The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Late 1770s Art Institute of Chicago

Winter landscape painting with rocky stream lined by orange leafed trees.

John Henry Twachtman Icebound, c. 1889 Art Institute of Chicago

Lake George, John Frederick Kensett, 1869, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1869 The Met

Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Small painting of woman in pink and black sitting on park bench.

William Merritt Chase A City Park, c. 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting in short strokes of pale blue, green, white, yellow, and pink, of a fisherman in one of two small boats on a river, a tree-lined bank and a bridge in the background.

Vincent van Gogh Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières), 1887 Art Institute of Chicago

The Crystal Palace, Camille Pissarro, 1871, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Crystal Palace, 1871 Art Institute of Chicago

Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval, Paul Signac, 1886, oil on canvas

Paul Signac Les Andelys, Côte d'Aval, 1886 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a cliff overlooking the sea. Two figures in long dresses, one with a parasol, stand on the cliff beneath blue sky.

Claude Monet Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant), Gustave Courbet, 1865, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant), 1865 Art Institute of Chicago

The Customs House at Varengeville, Claude Monet, 1897, oil on canvas

Claude Monet The Customs House at Varengeville, 1897 Art Institute of Chicago

Charing Cross Bridge, London, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

A lone wheat stack, in shadow, rests on a snow-covered field that is rendered in shades of white, blue, yellow, and purple. A house can be seen in the distance on the right against the blue hills beyond.

Claude Monet Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, Alfred Sisley, 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow, Camille Pissarro, 1879, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Rabbit Warren at Pontoise, Snow, 1879 Art Institute of Chicago

Watering Place at Marly, Alfred Sisley, 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Watering Place at Marly, 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting composed of short, broad, linear brushstrokes suggesting green-leaved forest trees with light trunks on pale green grass.

Berthe Morisot Forêt de Compiègne, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, Alfred Sisley, c. 1875, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Landscape along the Seine with the Institut de France and the Pont des Arts, c. 1875 Art Institute of Chicago

The Loire, Alfred Sisley, 1896, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Loire, 1896 Art Institute of Chicago

Street in Moret, Alfred Sisley, c. 1890, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley Street in Moret, c. 1890 Art Institute of Chicago

Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, James McNeill Whistler, 1863, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach, 1863 Art Institute of Chicago

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Claude Monet Sandvika, Norway, 1895 Art Institute of Chicago

Haymaking at Éragny, Camille Pissarro, 1892, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Haymaking at Éragny, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

A Turn in the Road, Alfred Sisley, 1873, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley A Turn in the Road, 1873 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

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

Open Valley, Dolomites, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1913–14, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Open Valley, Dolomites, ca. 1913–14 The Met

A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1874 The Met

The Public Garden at Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1874, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Public Garden at Pontoise, 1874 The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 The Met

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1899, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Spring Morning, 1899 The Met

Camille Pissarro The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon, 1899 The Met

View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant, Alfred Sisley, 1876, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley View of Marly-le-Roi from Coeur-Volant, 1876 The Met

Sea and Cliffs, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Sea and Cliffs, ca. 1885 The Met

Verdant green fields roll in undulating waves back alongside a road in this horizontal landscape painting.

Vincent van Gogh Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman stand in a sunny field near a line of cone-shaped haystacks under a massive blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout.

Camille Pissarro Landscape, Ile-de-France, 1873 National Gallery of Art

Between us and a river lined with buildings on the far bank in the distance, tall willow trees nearly span the height of this horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet The Willows, 1880 National Gallery of Art

Lush treetops give way to a body of water and a hill in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin, c. 1884 National Gallery of Art

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 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

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

A woman bends double to tend a garden that stretches before us in front of two houses in this horizontal landscape painting.

Camille Pissarro The Artist's Garden at Eragny, 1898 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

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