Large Paintings for the Living Room

Paintings with real scale: big canvases that still read from across the room when you print them large. Above a sofa or fireplace it needs real scale, about two thirds of the furniture's width, so the famous works that suit it are landscapes, harbors, gardens and city views painted to be seen from across a room. Here are 289 paintings for the living room, each at least 100 cm (39 in) on its long side, with works by Claude Monet, George Inness and Thomas Cole.

All 954 paintings for the living room

Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte 36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris.

Gustave Caillebotte Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877 Art Institute of Chicago

Large painting of people in a crowded park, brushstrokes are dots.

Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. The angled light indicates either a rising or setting sun.

Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91 Art Institute of Chicago

Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church, 1859, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Heart of the Andes, 1859 The Met

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole, 1836, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836 The Met

The Harvesters, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565, oil on oak

Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Harvesters, 1565 The Met

Impressionist painting of woman wearing green dress trying on hats.

Edgar Degas The Millinery Shop, 1879-86 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

Claude Monet The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Art Institute of Chicago

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

Paul Cézanne The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885 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

Painting of two fishermen in small wooden boat on rocky seas.

Winslow Homer The Herring Net, 1885 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

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

Large marine landscape of boats on rough waves, storm clouds.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837–38 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of Greek landscape, classical architecture, yellow, red robed man reading.

Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640 Art Institute of Chicago

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, Gustave Courbet, 1877, oil on fabric

Gustave Courbet Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, 1877 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, Albert Bierstadt, 1863, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 The Met

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins, 1871, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Canaletto, late 1720s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Piazza San Marco, late 1720s The Met

Hagar in the Wilderness, Camille Corot, 1835, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Hagar in the Wilderness, 1835 The Met

Haystacks: Autumn, Jean-François Millet, ca. 1874, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Haystacks: Autumn, ca. 1874 The Met

Jalais Hill, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1867, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Jalais Hill, Pontoise, 1867 The Met

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Whalers, ca. 1845 The Met

Young Ladies of the Village, Gustave Courbet, 1851–52, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet Young Ladies of the Village, 1851–52 The Met

Dense and varied landscape with open fields, groves of bushy trees, and a row of thin conifers. A light-blue river tranverses the canvas, and a church steeple emerges from the trees at left of center.

Édouard Vuillard Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods, 1899 Art Institute of Chicago

Dozens of figures in a brown field filled with discarded corn silks form two rows and sit across from each other husking corn, a farm in the background.

Eastman Johnson Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket, 1876 Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown.

Meindert Hobbema The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665 Art Institute of Chicago

Lake George, John Frederick Kensett, 1869, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Lake George, 1869 The Met

The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur, 1852–55, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur The Horse Fair, 1852–55 The Met

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

Jacob van Ruisdael Wheat Fields, ca. 1670 The Met

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Tosa Mitsuoki Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, c. 1675 Art Institute of Chicago

Long scroll ink painting depicting people with their animals and belongings crossing a river.

Unknown artist Yang Pu Moving His Family, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝 Art Institute of Chicago

The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, Johann Zoffany, c. 1772, oil on canvas

Johann Zoffany The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire, c. 1772 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Penitence of Saint Jerome, Joachim Patinir, ca. 1515, oil on wood

Joachim Patinir The Penitence of Saint Jerome, ca. 1515 The Met

The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream, 1899; reworked by 1906 The Met

Dark moody painting of crumbling castle tower and walls amidst river and forest.

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond, 1650–55 Art Institute of Chicago

Joan of Arc, Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879, oil on canvas

Jules Bastien-Lepage Joan of Arc, 1879 The Met

Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec At the Moulin Rouge, 1892–95 Art Institute of Chicago

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin, 1658, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658 The Met

Twilight in the Wilderness, Frederic Edwin Church, 1860, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Twilight in the Wilderness, 1860 Cleveland Museum of Art

A heronǳ silhouette sits amongst the brush in a golden hued forest.

George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of a crowd of well-dressed light-skinned people in an open, snowy field surrounded by large rolling hills.

George Bellows Love of Winter, 1914 Art Institute of Chicago

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891 The Met

Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, George Inness, 1892, oil on canvas

George Inness Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, 1892 Art Institute of Chicago

St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon

Bernat Martorell Saint George and the Dragon, 1434–35 Art Institute of Chicago

Large painting of ancient arch ruins, statues, humans are small in comparison.

Hubert Robert The Fountains, 1787–88 Art Institute of Chicago

View of Toledo, El Greco, ca. 1599–1600, oil on canvas

El Greco View of Toledo, ca. 1599–1600 The Met

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836–37, oil on canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm, 1836–37 Art Institute of Chicago

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