Winslow Homer The Herring Net, 1885
Realist Paintings for a Guest Room
Here are 90 Realist paintings for a guest room, painted between 1828 and 1911, with works by Gustave Courbet, Winslow Homer and Jean-François Millet; the subjects they return to most are landscapes, and seascapes. A guest room needs a painting that everyone likes: broad landscapes, gardens, flowers, soft seascapes and pastoral scenes in neutral or warm palettes.
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Showing 1 to 48 of 90 Realist paintings
Winslow Homer The Veteran in a New Field, 1865
Jean-François Millet Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874
Eastman Johnson Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket, 1876
Gustave Courbet Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, 1877
Gustave Courbet Young Ladies of the Village, 1851–52
Jules Bastien-Lepage Joan of Arc, 1879
Gustave Courbet Mère Grégoire, 1855, reworked 1857–59
Jean-François Millet Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864
Gustave Courbet Cliffs on the Sea Coast: Small Beach, Sunrise (Falaise au bord de la mer, vu Petite Plage, soleil levant), 1865
Gustave Courbet The Brook of Les Puits-Noir, c. 1855
Gustave Courbet The Rock of Hautepierre, c. 1869
Gustave Courbet Wooded Landscape, 1860–65
Gustave Courbet The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, 1868
Gustave Courbet An Alpine Scene, 1874
Jean-François Millet The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–74
Winslow Homer Mount Washington, 1869
Jean-François Millet In the Auvergne, c. 1866–69
Winslow Homer Coast of Maine, 1893
Gustave Courbet Rêverie (Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau), 1862
Winslow Homer Harvest Scene, ca. 1873
Gustave Courbet A Brook in a Clearing (possibly "Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study"), probably 1862
Gustave Courbet A Brook in the Forest, ca. 1868–77
Gustave Courbet The Deer, ca. 1865
Gustave Courbet River and Rocks, 1873–77
Gustave Courbet View of Ornans, probably mid-1850s
Jean-François Millet Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872–73
Winslow Homer A Light on the Sea, 1897
Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855
Gustave Courbet La Bretonnerie in the Department of Indre, 1856
Gustave Courbet Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall, 1872
Gustave Courbet Winter Landscape, 1850 - 1877
Gustave Courbet View in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1855
Winslow Homer High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 1894
Eastman Johnson Bayside, New Rochelle, New York, 1886
Eastman Johnson Near Squam Lake, New Hampshire, 1856
Eastman Johnson On the Unadilla, New York, 1884
William Sidney Mount Long Island Farmhouses, 1862–63
Thomas Moran The Juniata, Evening, 1864
George Caleb Bingham Cottage Scenery, 1845
Worthington Whittredge Trout Brook in the Catskills, 1875
William Sidney Mount Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1828
Eastman Johnson River Landscape at Sunset, ca. 1890
Jean-Charles Cazin Landscape, after 1876
Jean-Charles Cazin Weary Wayfarers, 1888
Kenyon Cox Flying Shadows, 1883
Henri-Joseph Harpignies Landscape in Auvergne, 1870
Abbott Handerson Thayer Mount Monadnock, probably 1911/1914
More for a guest room
- Large Paintings 307
- Small Paintings 250
- Abstract Paintings 13
- Landscape Paintings 995
- Flower Paintings 205
- Calming Paintings 279
- Bold, Colorful Paintings 72
- Black-and-White Paintings 127
- Vertical Paintings 198
- Horizontal Paintings 982
- Sets of Paintings 423
Other styles for a guest room
- Impressionist Paintings 232
- Hudson River School Paintings 146
- Dutch Golden Age Paintings 116
- Barbizon School Paintings 100
- Late 19th-Century Paintings 98
- Romantic Paintings 79
- Early 20th-Century Paintings 78
- Post-Impressionist Paintings 70
- Tonalist Paintings 54
- Luminist Paintings 44
- Early 19th-Century Paintings 38
- 17th-Century Paintings 36
- 18th-Century Paintings 35
- Baroque Paintings 16
- Rococo Paintings 12
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Rooms that share paintings
- Living Room 1,025 shared
- Bedroom 820 shared
- Bathroom 392 shared
- Dining Room 341 shared