Paintings for the Living Room: Famous Works That Fit Above a Sofa (page 17)

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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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

Boats at Berck-sur-Mer, Édouard Manet, 1873, oil on fabric

Édouard Manet Boats at Berck-sur-Mer, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art

In this painting, a person appears to pull a long brown-and-green canoe out of the water and onto a grassy stretch of land. The person wears a hat and a green shirt with brown trousers, and their face is indistinct.

Winslow Homer Sunset, c. 1875 National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1730–35, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, 1730–35 Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893), Edgar Degas, 1869, oil on canvas

Edgar Degas Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893), 1869 The Met

The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès, Alfred Sisley, 1883–85, oil on canvas

Alfred Sisley The Road from Moret to Saint-Mammès, 1883–85 The Met

We look through a tropical forest lining a hazy, wide, placid river in this horizontal landscape painting. Densely packed trees, bushes, and plants create shadowed, thickly forested banks along both sides of the river.

Frederic Edwin Church El Rio de Luz (The River of Light), 1877 National Gallery of Art

Five monkeys rest and play amid a lush jungle landscape in this horizontal landscape painting. Painted with areas of flat color, thick vegetation fills most of the scene, with giant leaves overlapping in shades of green.

Henri Rousseau Tropical Forest with Monkeys, 1910 National Gallery of Art

Gnarled, ash-brown roots woven through a muddy, rocky bank and sprays of dark green leaves fill this loosely painted, horizontal landscape. Touches of spring green in the lower right corner suggest ground cover.

John Singer Sargent Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca, 1908 National Gallery of Art

Farm near Duivendrecht, Piet Mondrian, c. 1916, oil on canvas

Piet Mondrian Farm near Duivendrecht, c. 1916 Art Institute of Chicago

Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu, John Singer Sargent, 1909, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu, 1909 Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman, Jean-François Millet, 1844–45, oil on canvas

Jean-François Millet Young Woman, 1844–45 Art Institute of Chicago

The Capture of Samson, Peter Paul Rubens, 1609–10, oil on panel

Peter Paul Rubens The Capture of Samson, 1609–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro, 1879, oil on fabric

Camille Pissarro Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Large Tree, Paul Gauguin, 1891, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin The Large Tree, 1891 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Farm in Brittany, Paul Gauguin, ca. 1894, oil on canvas

Paul Gauguin A Farm in Brittany, ca. 1894 The Met

Women Picking Olives, Vincent van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas

Vincent van Gogh Women Picking Olives, 1889 The Met

Two Young Peasant Women, Camille Pissarro, 1891–92, oil on canvas

Camille Pissarro Two Young Peasant Women, 1891–92 The Met

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, ca. 1750 The Met

A windmill stands on a promontory cutting into a waterway under a partially stormy sky in this square landcape painting.

Rembrandt van Rijn The Mill, 1645/1648 National Gallery of Art

A white path and gray stone wall wind through ochre and harvest-yellow fields beneath a brilliant, turquoise sky in this stylized, horizontal landscape painting. The scene is created with long, visible brushstrokes of vivid color.

Vincent van Gogh Farmhouse in Provence, 1888 National Gallery of Art

Evening, New Bedford Harbor, Dwight William Tryon, 1890, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon Evening, New Bedford Harbor, 1890 The Met

Pirna: The Obertor from the South, Bernardo Bellotto, mid-1750s, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Pirna: The Obertor from the South, mid-1750s The Met

Honfleur, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind Honfleur, 1865 The Met

On the Beach, Sunset, Eugène Boudin, 1865, oil on wood

Eugène Boudin On the Beach, Sunset, 1865 The Met

Moonlight, Strandgade 30, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900–1906, oil on canvas

Vilhelm Hammershøi Moonlight, Strandgade 30, 1900–1906 The Met

We look across a body of calm water onto a wooden pier, rowboats, sailboats, and a town on the distant shore, all beneath a cloudy sky that takes up the top three-quarters of this horizontal landscape.

Aelbert Cuyp A Pier Overlooking Dordrecht, early 1640s National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a harbor scene with brown arches and towers on the right, along with tall columns that look like ruins. At the bottom of the painting, people are engaged in various activities along the water's edge.

Francesco Guardi Capriccio of a Harbor, c. 1760/1770 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

A stream meanders back through snowbanks in this wooded landscape, which is created entirely with cool, pale tones of white, gray, blue, lilac, and golden beige in this nearly square painting.

John Henry Twachtman Winter Harmony, c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal painting shows a harbor scene filled with tall-masted ships and steamships adorned with colorful flags. The masts of the ship to our left dominate the composition, reaching almost to the top edge of the painting.

Eugène Boudin Festival in the Harbor of Honfleur, 1858 National Gallery of Art

Sunset Sky, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset Sky, 1872 The Met

A Winter Sky, George Inness, 1866, oil on canvas

George Inness A Winter Sky, 1866 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Banks of the Oise, Charles-François Daubigny, 1863, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny The Banks of the Oise, 1863 The Met

Lion on the Watch, Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1885, oil on wood panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Lion on the Watch, c. 1885 Cleveland Museum of Art

A fleet of ships gathers in a river lined by trees and buildings in this horizontal painting.

Aelbert Cuyp The Maas at Dordrecht, c. 1650 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a harbor scene with several large ships and smaller boats on a wide waterway. To the left and right of center, two large ships are visible, each with multiple tall masts and several sails.

Eugène Boudin Entrance to the Harbor, Le Havre, 1883 National Gallery of Art

Beach Scene, Eugène Boudin, c. 1865–1867, oil on wood panel

Eugène Boudin Beach Scene, c. 1865–1867 Cleveland Museum of Art

Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, Rosa Bonheur, 1864, oil on canvas

Rosa Bonheur Environs of Fontainebleau: Woodland and Cattle, 1864 The Met

Lamentation over the Body of Christ, Gerard David, c. 1500, oil on panel

Gerard David Lamentation over the Body of Christ, c. 1500 Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, c. 1815, oil on wood

Gilbert Stuart Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart, c. 1815 Cleveland Museum of Art

Storm Clouds, John Henry Twachtman, 1880, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Storm Clouds, 1880 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wood Chopper, George Inness, 1849, oil on canvas

George Inness The Wood Chopper, 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

An October Day in the White Mountains, John Frederick Kensett, 1854, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett An October Day in the White Mountains, 1854 Cleveland Museum of Art

Trees on a Rocky Hillside, Asher Brown Durand, c. 1849, oil on canvas

Asher Brown Durand Trees on a Rocky Hillside, c. 1849 Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaving the Oasis, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1880s, oil on wood panel

Jean-Léon Gérôme Leaving the Oasis, 1880s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Windmill, Jules Dupré, late 1850s, oil on fabric

Jules Dupré The Windmill, late 1850s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, Charles-François Daubigny, 1873, oil on wood panel

Charles-François Daubigny The Hillsides of Méry-sur-Oise, Opposite Auvers, 1873 Cleveland Museum of Art