Small Paintings for a Guest Room

Small paintings, made to be seen up close, that print well at home and fit the walls bigger works cannot. 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 136 paintings for a guest room, each under 50 cm (20 in) on its long side, with works by Georges Seurat, Eugène Boudin and John Singer Sargent.

All 727 paintings for a guest room

A City Park, William Merritt Chase 24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 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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Small painting of woman in pink and black sitting on park bench.

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

A Bouquet of Flowers, Clara Peeters, ca. 1612, oil on wood

Clara Peeters A Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1612 The Met

Garden View, Brooklyn, Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867, watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper

Fidelia Bridges Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867 The Met

A tired-looking brown and white cow lies down on a patch of dry earth, a dark-brown bull and cow standing behind her against an overcast sky.

Paulus Potter Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow, 1647 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Genoa, Camille Corot, 1834, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Camille Corot View of Genoa, 1834 Art Institute of Chicago

Stream and Rocks, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1901–8, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Stream and Rocks, ca. 1901–8 The Met

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), Thomas Cole, 1836, oil and pencil on composition board

Thomas Cole Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow), 1836 The Met

The Gardener, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat The Gardener, 1882–83 The Met

Two horses, one dark brown and one cream white, stand together to our right against a landscape with rolling, sage-green hills and a river or canal in this horizontal painting.

Edgar Degas Horses in a Meadow, 1871 National Gallery of Art

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris, Henri Rousseau, c. 1893/95, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris, c. 1893/95 Art Institute of Chicago

Peach Blossoms, Winslow Homer, 1878, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Peach Blossoms, 1878 Art Institute of Chicago

Woman on Rose Divan, Henri Matisse, 1921, oil on canvas

Henri Matisse Woman on Rose Divan, 1921 Art Institute of Chicago

Monte Pincio, Rome, Camille Corot, 1840–50, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Monte Pincio, Rome, 1840–50 Art Institute of Chicago

Snow at Louveciennes, Camille Pissarro, c. 1870, oil on panel

Camille Pissarro Snow at Louveciennes, c. 1870 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Cottages, John Constable, 1809–10, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape with Cottages, 1809–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Heavy daubs of pigment form a crowded scene of roughly defined, finely dressed individuals in a brightly color park along a riverbank.

Georges Seurat Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884", 1884 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Women Working in a Field, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Women Working in a Field, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow, John Constable, c. 1821, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

John Constable Hampstead Heath, Looking Toward Harrow, c. 1821 Cleveland Museum of Art

From Ávila, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1903, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Ávila, ca. 1903 The Met

From Jerusalem, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Jerusalem, 1905–6 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

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

John Singer Sargent Sellar Alp, Dolomites, ca. 1913–14 The Met

Spanish Landscape, John Singer Sargent, 1879–80, oil on wood

John Singer Sargent Spanish Landscape, 1879–80 The Met

Sunset, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Sunset, 1905–6 The Met

Clouds, Thomas Cole, ca. 1838, oil on paper laid down on canvas

Thomas Cole Clouds, ca. 1838 The Met

Stoke-by-Nayland, John Constable, ca. 1810–11, oil on canvas

John Constable Stoke-by-Nayland, ca. 1810–11 The Met

Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", Camille Corot, 1843, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", 1843 The Met

Garden Scene, Jean-François Millet, 1854, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Garden Scene, 1854 The Met

View of the Seine, Georges Seurat, 1882–83, oil on wood

Georges Seurat View of the Seine, 1882–83 The Met

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

This painting depicts a vast landscape with a horizon line in the lower third of the painting. A range of dark brown and purple mountains or hills stretches across the width of the image.

Thomas Cole Study for "Catskill Creek", c. 1844/1845 National Gallery of Art

Two minuscule people stand in the center of an expansive, rugged landscape dusted with snow in this horizontal painting.

Caspar David Friedrich Northern Landscape, Spring, c. 1825 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows an expansive green and yellow grassland under a textured blue and white sky. The horizon line is high, separating the fields and clouds with a thin line of dark trees and small white buildings.

Georges Seurat A Summer Landscape, 1883 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a scene with several people spaced out across a grassy expanse. The horizon is high in the painting, lined with white structures with red roofs and green trees.

Georges Seurat Figures in a Landscape, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a landscape with several haystacks in the center, arranged in a line that cuts diagonally across a green field from left to right.

Georges Seurat Haystacks, c. 1882 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a rural scene with a wide, cloudy blue sky over a riverbank. On the right there are tall, dark green trees that stretch up to the top of the painting.

Camille Corot River View, 1868/1872 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape is painted with broad, visible strokes in shades of laurel, fern, and pine green, dark yellow, and ash brown.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Landscape between Storms, 1874/1875 National Gallery of Art

Tall grasses lead back to a body of water and then perhaps a town in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Landscape at Vétheuil, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a while villa partially hidden by greenery. The villa has several buildings on different levels with small windows and reddish-brown roofs. The brushstrokes are loose and broad, giving the image a blurred effect.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Maison de la Poste, Cagnes, 1906/1907 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape is painted with dots and dashes in fresh green, shimmering blue, amethyst purple, shell pink, pale yellow, and cream white against the brown wood of the panel, which is visible throughout.

Georges Seurat Study for "La Grande Jatte", 1884/1885 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bare, gnarled tree near a gray, dirt path, which leads back to a hamlet in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes, so many details are indistinct.

Camille Pissarro The Fence, 1872 National Gallery of Art

The dark, forest-green canopies of trees to our right are silhouetted against a sky that warms from pale blue along the top edge of the composition to butter yellow along the horizon, which comes about a quarter of the way up this…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Mountain Landscape at Sunset, c. 1765 National Gallery of Art

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

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1872, 1872 The Met

Lake George, A Reminiscence, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, A Reminiscence, 1872 The Met

Lake George, Free Study, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, Free Study, 1872 The Met

Valley of the River Loire, Jules Dupré, 1860, oil on wood

Jules Dupré Valley of the River Loire, 1860 The Met

Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1864, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c. 1864 National Gallery of Art

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