Bold, Colorful Paintings for the Hallway and Entryway

Saturated, confident color for a wall that should wake the room up. Hallways are narrow and tall, so portrait-format paintings and small works hung in a line suit them best. Here are 23 paintings for the hallway and entryway, each with strong, saturated color, with works by Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley and Rembrandt van Rijn.

All 456 paintings for the hallway and entryway

Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn 16 × 20 in portrait print (41 × 51 cm), centered 49¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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23 bold, colorful paintings

Self-Portrait, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660, oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait, 1660 The Met

Madame Roulin and Her Baby, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Madame Roulin and Her Baby, 1888 The Met

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

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

Carmelita Requena, Thomas Eakins, 1869, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Carmelita Requena, 1869 The Met

Madame Frederic Breyer (Fanny Hélène Van Bruyssel, 1830–1894), Gustave Courbet, 1858, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Madame Frederic Breyer (Fanny Hélène Van Bruyssel, 1830–1894), 1858 The Met

Peter Paul Rubens Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King, c. 1618 National Gallery of Art

The face of a young man with peachy-colored skin and dark hair fills this vertical painting. The man is lit from our left but is angled to slightly to our right, so his face is mostly in shadow.

Edgar Degas Self-Portrait with White Collar, c. 1857 National Gallery of Art

Joseph Gerrish, John Singleton Copley, 1770, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Joseph Gerrish, 1770 Art Institute of Chicago

Roland, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1902, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Roland, ca. 1902 The Met

Samuel Verplanck, John Singleton Copley, 1771, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Samuel Verplanck, 1771 The Met

This painting depicts the upper half of a woman's body. She is turned slightly to the left and faces us, with pale skin, soft, rosy cheeks, dark brown eyes, and a neutral expression.

Gilbert Stuart Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson), c. 1804 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the chest up, an older man with pale, peachy skin, wearing a high-collared black coat and a cream-white, ruffled collar, is shown against a deep wine-red background in this vertical portrait painting.

Gilbert Stuart George Washington (Vaughan portrait), 1795 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a woman reaching to pick a water lily from a pond. She is crouching atop a fallen log, leaning over to submerge her right hand in the water.

Eastman Johnson Gathering Lilies, 1865 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows the upper body of a woman seated in a chair. She is wearing a white bonnet with ruffled edges, covering her wavy, light brown hair. Her facial features include fair skin, thin lips, a long nose, and a pointed chin.

Gilbert Stuart Sarah Homes Tappan (Mrs. Benjamin Tappan), 1814 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Woman, Corneille de Lyon, c. 1540, oil on wood

Corneille de Lyon Portrait of a Woman, c. 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art

Facing away from us against a cherry-red background, the head and shoulders of a light-skinned woman wearing strawberry red, with her copper-brown hair piled atop her head, fills this vertical painting.

Carolus-Duran Study of Lilia, 1887 National Gallery of Art

The image shows a woman's upper body. She is looking directly at the viewer with a calm expression. The woman has fair skin, dark brown hair styled away from her face, blue eyes, and delicate features.

William Jennys Mrs. Asa Benjamin, 1795 National Gallery of Art

Long Island Farmhouses, William Sidney Mount, 1862–63, oil on canvas

William Sidney Mount Long Island Farmhouses, 1862–63 The Met

Return from the Fields, Jean-François Millet, c. 1846–47, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Return from the Fields, c. 1846–47 Cleveland Museum of Art

Hamlet and His Mother, Eugène Delacroix, 1849, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Hamlet and His Mother, 1849 The Met

The Agony in the Garden, Nicolas Poussin, 1626–27, oil on copper

Nicolas Poussin The Agony in the Garden, 1626–27 The Met

Figures and a Dog in a Landscape, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1852, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Figures and a Dog in a Landscape, 1852 The Met

Prayer in the Mosque, Jean-Léon Gérôme, by 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-Léon Gérôme Prayer in the Mosque, by 1874 The Met

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