Calming Paintings for a Nursery (page 2)

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Shown from about the knees up, a young woman sits in a chair angled to our right but she turns her face to look at us in this loosely painted, vertical portrait.

Vincent van Gogh La Mousmé, 1888 National Gallery of Art

We look across the water at two sailing ships with cream-white sails and dark rigging floating in a shimmering, ice-blue river against a distant shore lined with trees, hills, and buildings in this nearly square landscape painting.

Claude Monet Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen, 1872/1873 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

Sailboats line a grassy riverbank in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. Vivid blue water stretches before us to meet a verdant bank along the left third of the horizon, which comes less than halfway up the composition.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Regatta at Argenteuil, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Child with Brown Hair, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1887/1888, oil on canvas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Child with Brown Hair, 1887/1888 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

From Ávila, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1903, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Ávila, ca. 1903 The Met

From Jerusalem, John Singer Sargent, 1905–6, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

John Singer Sargent From Jerusalem, 1905–6 The Met

Moorish Buildings in Sunlight, John Singer Sargent, 1879–80, oil on wood

John Singer Sargent Moorish Buildings in Sunlight, 1879–80 The Met

Sellar Alp, Dolomites, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1913–14, watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

John Singer Sargent Sellar Alp, Dolomites, ca. 1913–14 The Met

This horizontal painting is filled with gray and white clouds against a blue sky. Wisps of white clouds are interspersed among banks of darker gray clouds against a pale blue sky in the top half of the painting.

John Constable Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset, 1821-1822 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows an expansive green and yellow grassland under a textured blue and white sky. The horizon line is high, separating the fields and clouds with a thin line of dark trees and small white buildings.

Georges Seurat A Summer Landscape, 1883 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a scene with several people spaced out across a grassy expanse. The horizon is high in the painting, lined with white structures with red roofs and green trees.

Georges Seurat Figures in a Landscape, c. 1883 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a while villa partially hidden by greenery. The villa has several buildings on different levels with small windows and reddish-brown roofs. The brushstrokes are loose and broad, giving the image a blurred effect.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Maison de la Poste, Cagnes, 1906/1907 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bare, gnarled tree near a gray, dirt path, which leads back to a hamlet in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes, so many details are indistinct.

Camille Pissarro The Fence, 1872 National Gallery of Art

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

This painting shows a waterfront with boats and buildings in the distance. The shadowy horizon line divides the composition between the gray sky and gray water. The distant shore features faint outlines of buildings.

James McNeill Whistler Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, c. 1864/1868 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a woman and a young boy, both with pale skin, sitting together on a grassy lawn with a chicken standing nearby in this horizontal painting. The scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame Monet and Her Son, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Girl Reading, c. 1888 National Gallery of Art

This painting displays a young girl sitting, her head and body slightly turned to the left. She has fair skin and light reddish-brown hair tied back with a blue ribbon, a few curls framing her face.

Berthe Morisot Young Girl with an Apron, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman wearing a floppy, canary-yellow hat and a long white dress stands in a field of spring green in this vertical painting. Brushstrokes and loose dabs of paint are visible throughout.

Vincent van Gogh Girl in White, 1890 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the knees up, a young girl with pale skin, wearing a coral-peach dress, sits facing and looking at us in this loosely painted, vertical portrait. Her knees are angled slightly to our left, and her hands rest in her lap.

Berthe Morisot The Artist's Daughter with a Parakeet, 1890 National Gallery of Art

Mary Cassatt Girl Arranging Her Hair, 1886 National Gallery of Art

Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1846–47, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance, c. 1846–47 Cleveland Museum of Art

Honfleur, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865, oil on canvas

Johan Barthold Jongkind Honfleur, 1865 The Met

The Island of San Michele, Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Island of San Michele, Venice, 1770s 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

Eleven men, women, and children stand around a freestanding flagpole near a floating dock on a beach in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, and dozens more people are gathered on the dock.

Eugène Boudin On the Jetty, c. 1869/1870 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a busy harbor scene with ships and masts rising into the blue-gray sky. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, in shades of soft grey, brown, and blue, with some pops of red and yellow from indistinct objects.

Eugène Boudin The Trawlers, 1885 National Gallery of Art

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

John Frederick Kensett Sunset Sky, 1872 The Met

Olive Trees at Tivoli, George Inness, 1873, gouache, watercolor, and graphite on blue wove paper with colored fibers

George Inness Olive Trees at Tivoli, 1873 The Met

This painting shows a landscape seen from an elevated view. Fields dotted with small trees line a hill that reaches up towards the horizon, below a blue sky full of white, puffy clouds.

Édouard Vuillard Landscape of the Ile-de-France, c. 1894 National Gallery of Art

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

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

This painting shows a harbor with sailing ships displaying countless colorful flags. The ships stretch across the painting horizontally, floating on clear, reflective water.

Eugène Boudin Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895/1896 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a scene overlooking a calm body of water. A large sailing ship with two tall masts and a dark hull is anchored on the water, its sails tied up. On the left, there are two people in a small, dark rowboat.

Eugène Boudin Ship on the Touques, c. 1888/1895 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 Pink Cloud, Henri-Edmond Cross, c. 1896, oil on canvas

Henri-Edmond Cross The Pink Cloud, c. 1896 Cleveland Museum of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Girl with a Basket of Oranges, c. 1889 National Gallery of Art

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

A young girl with pale skin and long brown hair looks at us as she braces a tall, wooden hoop with one hand by her hip in this vertical painting.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Girl with a Hoop, 1885 National Gallery of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Girl with a Basket of Fish, c. 1889 National Gallery of Art

The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, Fitz Henry Lane, 1854, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane The Golden State Entering New York Harbor, 1854 The Met

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

A young woman with pale, peachy skin, wearing a long, flowing white dress, stands in front of a white curtain in this vertical portrait painting. Her auburn-red hair cascades down over and behind her shoulders.

James McNeill Whistler Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1861-1863, 1872 National Gallery of Art

Idle Hours, Julian Alden Weir, 1888, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Idle Hours, 1888 The Met