Horizontal Paintings for the Hallway and Entryway

Wide paintings that sit naturally above a sofa, a bed, a sideboard or a tub. Panoramic works are too wide for a corridor. Here are 38 paintings for the hallway and entryway, each wider than it is tall, with works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Alfred Sisley and Winslow Homer.

All 456 paintings for the hallway and entryway

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), Vincent van Gogh 16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 47¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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38 horizontal paintings

The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on fabric

Vincent van Gogh The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), 1889 Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Delphi with a Procession, Claude Lorrain, 1673, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of Delphi with a Procession, 1673 Art Institute of Chicago

Wheat Fields, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Wheat Fields, ca. 1670 The Met

The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, Camille Pissarro, 1897, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro The Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning, 1897 The Met

The Road from Versailles to Louveciennes, Alfred Sisley, probably 1879, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Road from Versailles to Louveciennes, probably 1879 The Met

This painting depicts a scene where a winding path on the bottom left leads into a wooded area.

Alfred Sisley The Road in the Woods, 1879 National Gallery of Art

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

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

The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès, Alfred Sisley, 1883–85, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès, 1883–85 The Met

Springtime, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1860, oil on panel

Théodore Rousseau Springtime, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, Rosa Bonheur, 1860–80, oil on fabric

Rosa Bonheur The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, 1860–80 Cleveland Museum of Art

Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, c. 1860s, oil on wood panel

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Path Near the Pond of Vipers, Fontainebleau Forest, c. 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet, 1868, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

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

Woodland Road, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Woodland Road, ca. 1670 The Met

Several people sit, stand, or stroll along a dirt road that winds from the lower left corner of this horizontal landscape painting into the distance, past trees and cottages under a vivid blue sky.

Meindert Hobbema A View on a High Road, 1665 National Gallery of Art

Sparrow Hall, Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer Sparrow Hall, c. 1881-1882 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with a Windmill, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646, oil on wood

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Windmill, 1646 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

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

Pirna: The Obertor from the South, Bernardo Bellotto, mid-1750s, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Pirna: The Obertor from the South, mid-1750s The Met

Grainfields, Jacob van Ruisdael, mid- or late 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Grainfields, mid- or late 1660s The Met

Three people gather around the doorway of a small cottage set in a sun-warmed yard in this almost square painting.

George Caleb Bingham Cottage Scenery, 1845 National Gallery of Art

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

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

A garden with two fountains stretches back to a manor house in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting. The horizon comes about a third of the way up the composition, and gray clouds tower in the vivid blue sky above.

Jacob van Ruisdael Country House in a Park, c. 1675 National Gallery of Art

Village in Brittany, Charles-François Daubigny, 1844, oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Charles-François Daubigny Village in Brittany, 1844 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape, Distant Village, Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1870/1875, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape, Distant Village, c. 1870/1875 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Jean-Charles Cazin, after 1876, oil on canvas

Jean-Charles Cazin Landscape, after 1876 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a landscape with rolling green hills viewed from an elevated perspective. Closest to us, the light green hills on the left are covered with yellowish grass.

Kenyon Cox Flying Shadows, 1883 National Gallery of Art

View of Benjamin Reber's Farm, Charles C. Hofmann, 1872, oil on canvas

Charles C. Hofmann View of Benjamin Reber's Farm, 1872 National Gallery of Art

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

Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, Camille Corot, 1871, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Willows and Farmhouse at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, 1871 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Farm in Brittany, Paul Gauguin, ca. 1894, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin A Farm in Brittany, ca. 1894 The Met

A white path and gray stone wall wind through ochre and harvest-yellow fields beneath a brilliant, turquoise sky in this stylized, horizontal landscape painting. The scene is created with long, visible brushstrokes of vivid color.

Vincent van Gogh Farmhouse in Provence, 1888 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of an outdoor scene with a group of people gathered in front of a blue-gray wooden building with a dark door and two windows. Sunflowers grow on either side of the entrance, stretching up to the windows.

Winslow Homer Sketch of a Cottage Yard, c. 1876 National Gallery of Art

The Windmill, Jules Dupré, late 1850s, oil on fabric

Jules Dupré The Windmill, late 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Factory Village, Julian Alden Weir, 1897, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir The Factory Village, 1897 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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