Calming Paintings for the Hallway and Entryway

Light, softly colored paintings that lower the volume of a room. Hallways are narrow and tall, so portrait-format paintings and small works hung in a line suit them best. Here are 27 paintings for the hallway and entryway, each light in tone and soft in color, with works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne and Julian Alden Weir.

All 456 paintings for the hallway and entryway

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), Vincent van Gogh 36 × 48 in portrait print (91 × 122 cm), centered 63¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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27 calming paintings

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), Vincent van Gogh, 1887, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), 1887 The Met

Nocturne, John La Farge, ca. 1885, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper adhered to wove paper

John La Farge Nocturne, ca. 1885 The Met

From low on a hillside, we look up at a light-skinned woman and boy standing in tall grass against a sunny blue sky in this vertical painting.

Claude Monet Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin), Edgar Degas, 1879, distemper, metallic paint, and pastel, on canvas

Edgar Degas Portrait after a Costume Ball (Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin), 1879 Art Institute of Chicago

Arched Doorway, John Singer Sargent, 1895–1908 (?), watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Arched Doorway, 1895–1908 (?) The Met

Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1904, watercolor, graphite, gouache, and wax crayon on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute, ca. 1904 The Met

Roses, Vincent van Gogh, 1890, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Roses, 1890 The Met

The Streetwalker, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, ca. 1890–91, oil on cardboard

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The Streetwalker, ca. 1890–91 The Met

Shown from the hips up, a pale-skinned young woman wearing a white dress sits smiling gently at us in this vertical portrait painting. Blended strokes of pearl white, cool green, and muted blue create an overall soft, almost blurred look.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame Henriot, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

Rose and coral pink, vivid white, delphinium blue, and buttercup yellow flowers with deep green leaves are arranged in a blue and white vase in front of a pale sea-green background in this vertical still life painting.

Paul Cézanne Flowers in a Rococo Vase, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

Shown from about the knees up, a young woman sits in a chair angled to our right but she turns her face to look at us in this loosely painted, vertical portrait.

Vincent van Gogh La Mousmé, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Child with Brown Hair, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1887/1888, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Child with Brown Hair, 1887/1888 National Gallery of Art

A road or path curves away from us, past a tall formation, perhaps rocks, to our left, and into a valley filled with trees and a low hill beyond in this stylized, vertical landscape.

Paul Cézanne The Bend in the Road, 1900/1906 National Gallery of Art

A Fisherman, Eastman Johnson, 1865, brown inks on tan-color sized canvas

Eastman Johnson A Fisherman, 1865 The Met

In the center of this painting is a blue vase filled with a variety of flowers in different sizes and colors. The flowers are in shades of orange, pink, yellow, and blue, with green leaves surrounding the blossoms.

Odilon Redon Large Vase with Flowers, c. 1912 National Gallery of Art

Sketch for The Copley Family, John Singleton Copley, 1776, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Sketch for The Copley Family, 1776 National Gallery of Art

The Old Road to the Sea, William Merritt Chase, c. 1893, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase The Old Road to the Sea, c. 1893 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami, Islamic, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), c.1535, ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Islamic King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), c.1535 Art Institute of Chicago

The painting shows a bright-green landscape with rolling hills in the distance.

Julian Alden Weir Obweebetuck, c. 1908 National Gallery of Art

Gardanne, Paul Cézanne, 1885–86, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Gardanne, 1885–86 The Met

Seven people with cream-white skin crowd together, sitting at or standing among tables in an interior space in this vertical painting. The composition is dominated by shades of blue and pale green.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec A Corner of the Moulin de la Galette, 1892 National Gallery of Art

Connecticut Village (Going to School), Julian Alden Weir, after 1891, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Connecticut Village (Going to School), after 1891 The Met

Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, Winslow Homer, ca. 1870–75, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Saddle Horse in Farm Yard, ca. 1870–75 The Met

This painting depicts buildings under a clear blue sky. The horizon line is low, mostly obscured by the structures. The buildings have pointed brown roofs, and they are a pale yellow color.

Charles-François Daubigny The Farm, 1855 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a view from an elevated position. The horizon is in the center of the painting, where the blue sky meets distant green hills.

Julian Alden Weir U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut, c. 1893/1897 National Gallery of Art

We look across an ochre-yellow field to a band of pearl-white buildings under an azure-blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. Flecks of red in the lower right corner could be flowers.

Odilon Redon Breton Village, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

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