Romantic Paintings for a Home Office

Here are 26 Romantic paintings for a home office, painted between 1806 and 1880, with works by Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Constable and Camille Corot; the subjects they return to most are cityscapes, and boats and harbors. Architecture, bridges, harbors, library and study interiors, and calm geometric or early abstract compositions give the wall order; muted palettes keep the room focused.

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Every Romantic painting, for any room

Stoke-by-Nayland, John Constable 30 × 40 in landscape print (76 × 102 cm), centered 54¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the desk. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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26 Romantic paintings

Large English country landscape painting, farmers with horses, green trees.

John Constable Stoke-by-Nayland, 1836 Art Institute of Chicago

We look across an expanse of a flat, grassy lawn at the towering spire of a stone church outlined against billowing clouds in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, 1820 National Gallery of Art

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1811, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 The Met

Butter-yellow clouds and water, a periwinkle-blue sky, and pale plum-purple buildings blend in hazy, indistinct bands across this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Approach to Venice, 1844 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

Through a golden haze and across an expanse of gently rippling water dotted with boats, ghostly ivory and parchment-white buildings rise along a distant shore in this loosely painted horizontal landscape.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1843 National Gallery of Art

A bearded man, a young man, and five monks stand in a cream-white hall hung with a map and paintings in this horizontal painting. The people all have pale, peachy skin.

Eugène Delacroix Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida, 1838 National Gallery of Art

We look across a rocky, grass-covered promontory at a crumbling, round brick tower overlooking topaz-blue water in this horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Cole Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower, 1838 National Gallery of Art

A view across a wide, brightly lit field scattered with broken pieces of stone is framed to the left and right by crumbling stone temples in this horizontal painting.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Ruins of the Parthenon, 1880 National Gallery of Art

This painting features a landscape with a calm body of water dominating the lower portion. The view is slightly elevated, overlooking the water that reflects the surrounding greenery and sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Warwick Castle, England, 1857 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with large sailing ships and smaller vessels. To the right of center is a large ship with several tall masts and many billowing white sails.

Fitz Henry Lane New York Harbor, 1852 National Gallery of Art

A sand-colored riverbank stretches in front of us to meet an arched bridge that spans a pale blue river to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many details are indistinct.

Camille Corot Bridge on the Saône River at Mâcon, 1834 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

A pale-skinned woman sits at a table leaning over an open book in a brightly lit room in this loosely painted, horizontal scene.

Camille Corot Woman Reading in the Studio, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal landscape painting shows a cluster of tan and rust-brown buildings set on a tiny island at the center of a wide brownish-gray river.

Camille Corot The Island and Bridge of San Bartolomeo, Rome, 1825/1828 National Gallery of Art

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn - On the Hudson River, 1860 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a tranquil lake scene with a low horizon line showing a pale green hill in the background under a pale, cloudy sky. Closer to us, on the right, there is a large, textured rock surrounded by greenery and red flowers.

John Frederick Kensett Landing at Sabbath Day Point, c. 1853 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a rocky green ravine with a gray stream running through it, surrounded by thick foliage and large boulders. An arched stone bridge crosses over the stream in the center of the painting.

Théodore Rousseau Mountain Stream in the Auvergne, 1830 National Gallery of Art

This drawing shows the faint outline of a domed building. The representation is minimalistic, with few details of the building shown besides the dome and vertical lines that might suggest columns.

Thomas Cole Sketch for Ohio State Capitol Design, c. 1838 National Gallery of Art

Christ Asleep during the Tempest, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1853, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix Christ Asleep during the Tempest, ca. 1853 The Met

The top three-quarters of this horizontal landscape painting is filled with roiling, deeply shadowed clouds that tower over a line of buffalo crossing a grassy meadow below.

Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm, 1869 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seaside view with a low horizon. A sandy beach is on the left, with ships and sailboats sailing on the water in the distance on the right.

John Constable Yarmouth Jetty, 1822 National Gallery of Art

A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats and a town along the water’s edge in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rotterdam Ferry-Boat, 1833 National Gallery of Art

We look across a dark, aquamarine-blue body of water at a bulky, stony outcropping to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Frederick Kensett Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857 National Gallery of Art

El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, Francisco de Goya, c. 1806, oil on panel

Francisco de Goya El Maragato Threatens Friar Pedro de Zaldivia with His Gun, c. 1806 Art Institute of Chicago

A young, pale-skinned woman sits with her back to us as she looks at a painting on an easel in a studio in this vertical painting.

Camille Corot Corot's Studio: Woman Seated Before an Easel, a Mandolin in her Hand, c. 1868 National Gallery of Art

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