Paintings for the Living Room: Famous Works That Fit Above a Sofa (page 16)

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

Showing 721 to 768 of 954 paintings

Return from the Fields, Jean-François Millet, c. 1846–47, oil on fabric

Jean-François Millet Return from the Fields, c. 1846–47 Cleveland Museum of Art

Broken Eggs, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste Greuze Broken Eggs, 1756 The Met

The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, Rosa Bonheur, 1860–80, oil on fabric

Rosa Bonheur The Farm at the Entrance of the Wood, 1860–80 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, ca. 1635 The Met

Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, Camille Corot, 1842, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Lormes: Goat-Girl Sitting Beside a Stream in a Forest, 1842 Cleveland Museum of Art

Still life painting of dead waterfowl and vegetables in windowsill.

Juan Sánchez Cotán Still Life with Game Fowl, c. 1600–3 Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657–58, oil on wood

Pieter de Hooch A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor, ca. 1657–58 The Met

Woman and Child at the Well, Camille Pissarro, 1882, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Woman and Child at the Well, 1882 Art Institute of Chicago

The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre, Henri Rousseau, ca. 1908–09, oil on canvas

Henri Rousseau The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre, ca. 1908–09 The Met

Storm in the Mountains, Frederic Edwin Church, 1847, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Storm in the Mountains, 1847 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Ferryman, Camille Corot, ca. 1865, oil on canvas

Camille Corot The Ferryman, ca. 1865 The Met

We look across a stream and through a loose screen of shadowy trees at a sunlit farm under a powder-blue sky with towering, puffy clouds in this vertical landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Farm in the Sunlight, 1668 National Gallery of Art

Connecticut Village (Going to School), Julian Alden Weir, after 1891, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Connecticut Village (Going to School), after 1891 The Met

The Jabach Family, Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Charles Le Brun The Jabach Family, ca. 1660 The Met

The Clove - A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1851, oil on canvas

Jasper Francis Cropsey The Clove - A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains, 1851 Cleveland Museum of Art

Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1663–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, ca. 1663–65 The Met

A Hunting Scene, Piero di Cosimo, ca. 1494–1500, tempera and oil transferred to Masonite

Piero di Cosimo A Hunting Scene, ca. 1494–1500 The Met

A square white tile, rotated 90 degrees, crossed by black lines intersecting at 90-degree angles. A few of the shapes thus formed—some partial squares, some rectangles—are colored in a single shade of yellow, blue, black, or red.

Piet Mondrian Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921 Art Institute of Chicago

Abstract painting in various bright colors—yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink—with lines indicating building-like structures as well as canons in the lower right corner.

Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Large painting, woman in pink dress in front of classical sculpture, shrine.

Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, 1763–65 Art Institute of Chicago

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

Jean Hey, The Annunciation, 1490–95 Art Institute of Chicago

A Goldsmith in his Shop, Petrus Christus, 1449, oil on oak panel

Petrus Christus A Goldsmith in his Shop, 1449 The Met

Winter Scene, Francisco de Goya, c. 1786, oil on canvas

Francisco de Goya Winter Scene, c. 1786 Art Institute of Chicago

The Dock of Deauville, Eugène Boudin, 1891, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin The Dock of Deauville, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

Capriccio: The Lagoon, Francesco Guardi, After 1770, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Capriccio: The Lagoon, After 1770 Art Institute of Chicago

Scene on the Mersey, James McNeill Whistler, 1869, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

James McNeill Whistler Scene on the Mersey, 1869 The Met

We hover over a flax-yellow body of water lined with ships to our left and right, which are silhouetted against a moonlit, cloud-veiled sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835 National Gallery of Art

Close to us, a young man and three boys sit or recline in a small sailboat that tips to our left on a choppy dark green sea in this horizontal painting.

Winslow Homer Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876 National Gallery of Art

Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 1856, hanging scroll; Ink and color on silk

Utagawa Hiroshige Matsuchiyama on the Sumida River, Edo period, 1856 Art Institute of Chicago

The White Tablecloth, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1731–32, oil on canvas

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The White Tablecloth, c. 1731–32 Art Institute of Chicago

Pond at Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot, late 1860s, oil on fabric

Camille Corot Pond at Ville-d'Avray, late 1860s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Brook, Paul Cézanne, c. 1895–1900, oil on fabric

Paul Cézanne The Brook, c. 1895–1900 Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal, Alfred Sisley, 1885, oil on fabric

Alfred Sisley Saint-Mammès, Loing Canal, 1885 Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid), Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1639, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid), c. 1639 Cleveland Museum of Art

Man and Pool, Florida, John Singer Sargent, 1917, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Man and Pool, Florida, 1917 The Met

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

From high up, we look down and out at a river with seven ferries and barges, the waterway lined with buildings on the bank to our right, in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Camille Pissarro The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather, 1900 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 strip of tall grass and flowers at a river that winds into the distance in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape.

Claude Monet Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil, 1880 National Gallery of Art

The rounded, feathery canopies of trees are mirrored in the placid surface of a river in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible dashes and strokes. The largest tree is to our right of center.

Claude Monet The Seine at Giverny, 1897 National Gallery of Art

A row of structures and a massive weeping willow tree line the clay-orange riverbank opposite us in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is painted loosely with long, visible brushstrokes.

Paul Cézanne Banks of the Seine at Médan, c. 1885/1890 National Gallery of Art

From behind a low stone wall, on which a young woman with pale skin sits, we look across a wide, shimmering blue waterway toward a town along the opposite shore, under a pale blue sky with wispy white clouds in this horizontal landscape…

Berthe Morisot The Harbor at Lorient, 1869 National Gallery of Art

Painted entirely with small dots of pure color mostly in slate and azure blue, olive green, and cream white, this scene shows a sandy beach stretching to a lighthouse at the center and a four-story building to our right in this horizontal…

Georges Seurat The Lighthouse at Honfleur, 1886 National Gallery of Art

Clouds hunker over a water-logged street that separates us from the end of a row of buildings in this horizontal painting. The scene is loosely painted, especially in the sky and water.

Alfred Sisley Flood at Port-Marly, 1872 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

We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with four men aboard in this horizontal painting. Dark, iron-gray and tawny-brown clouds approaching from the right fill the top two-thirds of the composition.

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Junction of the Thames and the Medway, 1807 National Gallery of Art

The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, Édouard Manet, 1864, oil on canvas

Édouard Manet The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, 1864 The Met

Moon, Pine and Maple, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1764–81, hanging scroll, ink, colors and gold on silk

Katsushika Hokusai Moon, Pine and Maple, c. 1764–81 Art Institute of Chicago