Calming Paintings for a Home Gym

Light, softly colored paintings that lower the volume of a room. A gym wall wants energy. Here are 22 paintings for a home gym, each light in tone and soft in color, with works by Eugène Boudin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Joseph Mallord William Turner.

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Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg), Pierre-Auguste Renoir 18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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22 calming paintings

Two girls in acrobatic uniforms stand in an arena, one holds oranges.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg), 1879 Art Institute of Chicago

Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

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 Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama, Basawan, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Basawan The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595 Art Institute of Chicago

Pushing for Rail, Thomas Eakins, 1874, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Pushing for Rail, 1874 The Met

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

The Calm Sea, Gustave Courbet, 1869, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Calm Sea, 1869 The Met

Whalers, Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Whalers, ca. 1845 The Met

The Villa Loredan, Paese, Francesco Guardi, early 1780s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Villa Loredan, Paese, early 1780s The Met

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

In a lush, tree-lined park, filtered light falls across a group of about a dozen light-skinned people lounging and frolicking along the banks of a river in this vertical landscape painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard A Game of Horse and Rider, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

Passing off of the Storm, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Passing off of the Storm, 1872 The Met

Painting of three male figures, two older men in top hats and a younger man with red hair, standing outdoors around a wooden table with a pitcher on it, drinking from glasses.

Vincent van Gogh The Drinkers, 1890 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a rowing competition with a large crowd along the riverbank. Tall trees and distant, hazy hills are visible on the horizon. The sky above is a soft, muted gray-blue color.

Émile Lévy Rowing Scene: Crowds Watching from the River Banks, late 19th century National Gallery of Art

On the Beach at Trouville, Eugène Boudin, 1863, oil on wood

Eugène Boudin On the Beach at Trouville, 1863 The Met

Sailboats line a grassy riverbank in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. Vivid blue water stretches before us to meet a verdant bank along the left third of the horizon, which comes less than halfway up the composition.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Regatta at Argenteuil, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Green hills roll back to a turquoise-blue sea in this almost square painting. The scene is built with layers of small dots in lavender, lilac, cool blue, warm green, yellow, and peach.

Georges Seurat Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Across a short stretch of sand in front of us, waves of bottle-green water break over two boulders on the shoreline, with sailboats in the water beyond, in this wide, horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a scene overlooking a calm body of water. A large sailing ship with two tall masts and a dark hull is anchored on the water, its sails tied up. On the left, there are two people in a small, dark rowboat.

Eugène Boudin Ship on the Touques, c. 1888/1895 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a harbor with sailing ships displaying countless colorful flags. The ships stretch across the painting horizontally, floating on clear, reflective water.

Eugène Boudin Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895/1896 National Gallery of Art

We look across a glittering waterway lined with long, low boats and sailboats at an ivory-white church in the distance to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore, 1834 National Gallery of Art

Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando), 1887–88 Art Institute of Chicago

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