Paintings for the Living Room: Famous Works That Fit Above a Sofa (page 13)

The room where a painting earns its place: big enough to anchor the sofa wall and interesting enough to look at every day.

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The painting shows a landscape with a large, dark blue mountain in the background. Below the mountain are blocks of color, suggesting fields and structures.

Alexej von Jawlensky Murnau, 1910 National Gallery of Art

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, Jules Dupré, c. 1860, oil on canvas

Jules Dupré The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

The Brook in the Woods, Worthington Whittredge, ca. 1885–86, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge The Brook in the Woods, ca. 1885–86 The Met

The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), Théodore Rousseau, 1839, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord), 1839 The Met

Dense canopies enclose a forested interior along a stream in this horizontal landscape painting.

Gustave Courbet The Stream (Le Ruisseau du Puits-Noir; vallée de la Loue), 1855 National Gallery of Art

A Brook in the Forest, Gustave Courbet, ca. 1868–77, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet A Brook in the Forest, ca. 1868–77 The Met

Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", Camille Corot, 1843, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Study for "The Destruction of Sodom", 1843 The Met

Alice Gerson in Prospect Park, William Merritt Chase, 1886, oil on panel

William Merritt Chase Alice Gerson in Prospect Park, 1886 The Met

A River Landscape with Storks, Charles-François Daubigny, 1864, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny A River Landscape with Storks, 1864 The Met

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

Corn Fields, Félix Vallotton, 1900, oil on board

Félix Vallotton Corn Fields, 1900 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet, 1868, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Valley of Les Puits-Noir, 1868 Art Institute of Chicago

The Forest of Fontainebleau, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1874, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Forest of Fontainebleau, 1874 The Met

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet, c. 1855, oil on canvas

Gustave Courbet The Brook of Les Puits-Noir, c. 1855 Art Institute of Chicago

George Sand's Garden at Nohant, Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1842–43, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix George Sand's Garden at Nohant, ca. 1842–43 The Met

The Edge of the Woods, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, 1872, oil on wood

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Edge of the Woods, 1872 The Met

Women Working in a Field, Winslow Homer, 1867, oil on wood

Winslow Homer Women Working in a Field, 1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with Cottages, John Constable, 1809–10, oil on canvas

John Constable Landscape with Cottages, 1809–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Vétheuil, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Vétheuil, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of softly rendered shapes in pale blue, green, and white. A textured green mass at left resembles foliage. Blue and white cloud-like forms fill the rest of the frame.

Claude Monet Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist), 1897 Art Institute of Chicago

Vétheuil, Claude Monet, 1901, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Vétheuil, 1901 Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, Paul Cézanne, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in the Conservatory, 1891 The Met

The Flowering Orchard, Vincent van Gogh, 1888, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh The Flowering Orchard, 1888 The Met

Poplars, Eragny, Camille Pissarro, 1895, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Poplars, Eragny, 1895 The Met

Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1889–91, oil on canvas

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Woman in the Garden of Monsieur Forest, 1889–91 The Met

A road or path curves away from us, past a tall formation, perhaps rocks, to our left, and into a valley filled with trees and a low hill beyond in this stylized, vertical landscape.

Paul Cézanne The Bend in the Road, 1900/1906 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned young man with a carrot-red beard and hair faces us, straddling a green chair in a sunny outdoor setting in this vertical painting. The scene is loosely painted so his features are indistinct.

Édouard Manet George Moore in the Artist's Garden, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

Venetian Passageway, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1905, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Venetian Passageway, ca. 1905 The Met

Woman in a Garden, Berthe Morisot, 1882–83, oil on canvas

Berthe Morisot Woman in a Garden, 1882–83 Art Institute of Chicago

A small child stands facing us on a sun-dappled path that runs up the center of a garden dominated by towering yellow and burnt-orange sunflowers in this loosely painted, vertical scene.

Claude Monet The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil, 1881 National Gallery of Art

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Irises, Claude Monet, 1914–17, oil on canvas

Claude Monet Irises, 1914–17 Art Institute of Chicago

New England Scenery, Thomas Cole, 1839, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole New England Scenery, 1839 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Martin and the Beggar, El Greco, c. 1597–c. 1600, oil on canvas

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, c. 1597–c. 1600 Art Institute of Chicago

Souvenir of Italy, Camille Corot, 1855–60, oil on canvas

Camille Corot Souvenir of Italy, 1855–60 Art Institute of Chicago

Sunrise on the Matterhorn, Albert Bierstadt, after 1875, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Sunrise on the Matterhorn, after 1875 The Met

Gardanne, Paul Cézanne, 1885–86, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne Gardanne, 1885–86 The Met

The House with the Cracked Walls, Paul Cézanne, 1892–94, oil on canvas

Paul Cézanne The House with the Cracked Walls, 1892–94 The Met

Tahitian Landscape, Paul Gauguin, 1892, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin Tahitian Landscape, 1892 The Met

Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), Camille Pissarro, 1898, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898 The Met

Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, probably 1878, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Côte des Grouettes, near Pontoise, probably 1878 The Met

The Flight into Egypt, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1767–70, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Flight into Egypt, ca. 1767–70 The Met

Young Woman with Ibis, Edgar Degas, 1857–58; reworked 1860–62, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas Young Woman with Ibis, 1857–58; reworked 1860–62 The Met

A person rides a horse away from us on a narrow dirt path curving through a forest dominated by golden yellow trees in this vertical landscape painting.

Camille Corot The Forest of Coubron, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up behind a stone ledge, a young woman nestles a nude baby against her chest in this vertical painting.

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c. 1480/1485 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the hips up, a woman sits facing our left as she cradles a child in her lap in this vertical painting. A ginger-brown parapet spanning the lower edge of the composition separates them from us, and they have pale skin.

Giovanni Bellini Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c. 1490/1500 National Gallery of Art

Two pale-skinned women sit together surrounded by five sheep and a dog in a lush forest in this vertical painting. The woman to our right sits slightly above the other, with her arm draped around the shoulders of her companion.

François Boucher The Love Letter, 1750 National Gallery of Art

We look across a placid pond at sandstone-white buildings with brown and terracotta-red roofs nestled within a grove of green trees and plants in this vertical landscape painting.

Paul Cézanne House of Père Lacroix, 1873 National Gallery of Art