Small Paintings for the Laundry Room

Small paintings, made to be seen up close, that print well at home and fit the walls bigger works cannot. The Impressionists and Realists painted laundresses, ironers and washing lines with real affection, and a small, bright print of one of them turns a chore room into a place with a joke in it. Here are 24 paintings for the laundry room, each under 50 cm (20 in) on its long side, with works by Charles-François Daubigny, Eugène Boudin and Georges Seurat.

All 60 paintings for the laundry room

A Washerwoman at Eragny, Camille Pissarro 16 × 20 in portrait print (41 × 51 cm), centered 49¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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24 small paintings

A Washerwoman at Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1893, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro A Washerwoman at Eragny, 1893 The Met

We look down onto a landscape where several laundry lines have been draped mostly with white sheets or cloth to dry in a flat, grassy yard in front of a rustic house and a distant town in this horizontal painting.

Berthe Morisot Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water.

Charles-François Daubigny Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois, 1865 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a sandy beach under a vast, light blue sky. The horizon is in the center of the painting where the blue sky blends into the blue water.

Eugène Boudin Women on the Beach at Berck, 1881 National Gallery of Art

The painting features a sandy shore and a calm sea with sailing boats in the distance. At the bottom of the painting, people sit on the sand by the water.

Eugène Boudin Washerwoman near Trouville, c. 1872/1876 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with Fisherman and Washerwoman, John Rathbone, 1790–1800, oil on panel

John Rathbone Landscape with Fisherman and Washerwoman, 1790–1800 Art Institute of Chicago

Cottage by the River with Washerwomen, Camille Flers, 1835, oil on fabric

Camille Flers Cottage by the River with Washerwomen, 1835 Cleveland Museum of Art

Firemen's Washing Day, William P. Chappel, 1870s, oil on slate paper

William P. Chappel Firemen's Washing Day, 1870s The Met

Woman Ironing, Édouard Vuillard, 1892, oil on board

Édouard Vuillard Woman Ironing, 1892 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Laundress, Honoré Daumier, 186[3?], oil on oak

Honoré Daumier The Laundress, 186[3?] The Met

Auvers (Washerwomen), Charles-François Daubigny, 1861, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Auvers (Washerwomen), 1861 National Gallery of Art

Shepherdess Seated on a Rock, Jean-François Millet, 1856, oil on wood

Jean-François Millet Shepherdess Seated on a Rock, 1856 The Met

Woman on Rose Divan, Henri Matisse, 1921, oil on canvas

Henri Matisse Woman on Rose Divan, 1921 Art Institute of Chicago

Market Place, John Singer Sargent, 1890s, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Market Place, 1890s The Met

This painting shows a person bent over, working the land outdoors. The person is in the center of the painting, surrounded by green grass and dark trees. The sky is not visible. In the bottom left corner, there is a section of brown earth.

Georges Seurat Man with a Hoe, c. 1882 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a person in an agricultural setting. The background is made of horizontal bands of browns and greens, painted in short, overlapping strokes.

Georges Seurat Peasant with a Hoe, c. 1882 National Gallery of Art

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

Eastman Johnson A Fisherman, 1865 The Met

A young woman, holding a knife and vegetable in her lap and wearing a clay-brown jacket over a long, poppy-red skirt, sits on a wooden ladderback chair angled to our right in the center of this vertical painting.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Kitchen Maid, 1738 National Gallery of Art

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Scullery Maid, c. 1738 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a young boy sitting in a relaxed position, with his right arm leaning on a black surface. He has pale skin, wide eyes, and a small, slightly downturned mouth.

Camille Corot Italian Peasant Boy, 1825/1827 National Gallery of Art

Roses in a Vase, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1878, oil on fabric

Henri Fantin-Latour Roses in a Vase, 1878 Cleveland Museum of Art

Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, Vincent van Gogh, 1885, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 The Met

The Dispatch of the Messenger, François Boucher, 1765, oil on canvas

François Boucher The Dispatch of the Messenger, 1765 The Met

A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1650–51, oil on wood

Gerard ter Borch A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid, ca. 1650–51 The Met

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Vertical Paintings 32
Horizontal Paintings 27

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Dining Room 43 shared
Kitchen 36 shared
Staircase 10 shared
Bedroom 8 shared

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