Bold, Colorful Paintings for a Home Office

Saturated, confident color for a wall that should wake the room up. An office painting should settle you rather than distract you, and it will often sit behind you on video calls, so it should also read well at a glance. Here are 24 paintings for a home office, each with strong, saturated color, with works by Albert Pinkham Ryder, Joseph Schillinger and Eastman Johnson.

All 691 paintings for a home office

Mère Grégoire, Gustave Courbet 36 × 48 in portrait print (91 × 122 cm), centered 63¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the desk. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Dark portrait of older woman in black dress with lace collar, flowers.

Gustave Courbet Mère Grégoire, 1855, reworked 1857–59 Art Institute of Chicago

The Chinese Fishmonger, Theodore Wores, 1881, oil on canvas

Theodore Wores The Chinese Fishmonger, 1881 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Spinet, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, ca. 1902, oil on wood

Thomas Wilmer Dewing The Spinet, ca. 1902 Smithsonian American Art Museum

In the Stable, Albert Pinkham Ryder, before 1911, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard

Albert Pinkham Ryder In the Stable, before 1911 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Stable, Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Albert Pinkham Ryder The Stable, ca. 1875 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Spillway, Ashokan Dam, Arnold Wiltz, 1934, oil on canvas

Arnold Wiltz Spillway, Ashokan Dam, 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum

This painting depicts a coastal scene with a perspective from the water. There are dark, billowing gray clouds above the horizon, and the sky is pale orange.

Thomas Chambers Threatening Sky, Bay of New York, mid 19th century National Gallery of Art

The Love Letter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, early 1770s, oil on canvas

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Love Letter, early 1770s The Met

Friendly Neighbors, Alfred Cornelius Howland, ca. 1909, oil on canvas

Alfred Cornelius Howland Friendly Neighbors, ca. 1909 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Field of Joy, Jerome Myers, 1920, oil on fiberboard

Jerome Myers The Field of Joy, 1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

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

Modigliani Gate Post, Carroll Beckwith, 1910, oil on wood

Carroll Beckwith Modigliani Gate Post, 1910 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Untitled (five cows in pasture), Edward Mitchell Bannister, ca. 1884-1886, oil on canvas

Edward Mitchell Bannister Untitled (five cows in pasture), ca. 1884-1886 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Area Broken by Perpendiculars, Joseph Schillinger, ca. 1934, opaque watercolor

Joseph Schillinger Area Broken by Perpendiculars, ca. 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World), Thomas Cole, ca. 1847, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World), ca. 1847 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Letter, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on wood

Camille Corot The Letter, ca. 1865 The Met

Study in Rhythm: Red and Gold, Joseph Schillinger, ca. 1934, gouache on paperboard

Joseph Schillinger Study in Rhythm: Red and Gold, ca. 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Peter Bell Smith, John J. Porter, 1859, oil on canvas

John J. Porter Peter Bell Smith, 1859 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Lord Is My Shepherd, Eastman Johnson, 1863, oil on fiberboard

Eastman Johnson The Lord Is My Shepherd, 1863 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), Eastman Johnson, 1872, oil on board

Eastman Johnson Winding Yarn (Interior of a Nantucket Kitchen), 1872 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1665–75, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, ca. 1665–75 The Met

Portrait of a Woman and a Man in an Interior, Matthias Wulfraet, 1694, oil on canvas

Matthias Wulfraet Portrait of a Woman and a Man in an Interior, 1694 Rijksmuseum

Isabella of Bourbon, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, Diego Velázquez, c. 1632, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Isabella of Bourbon, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, c. 1632 Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin and Child with Two Angels, Sandro Botticelli, 1485–95, tempera on panel

Sandro Botticelli Virgin and Child with Two Angels, 1485–95 Art Institute of Chicago

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