Muted Tones

The palette stays soft and subdued throughout, with figures, streets, gardens and quiet still lifes rendered in gentle, dusty tones rather than anything bold. Portraits, riverside views and studies of fruit or moths share this same hushed restraint, giving a calm, unforced mood. Muted tones like these settle easily into a living room or spa.

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A landscape painting depicting a wooded island surrounded by water with blue wildflowers in the foreground under a cloudy sky.
Julian Onderdonk
A Road through the Bluebonnets
1919 · oil on wood

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A landscape painting depicting a field of blue wildflowers beneath gnarled mesquite trees along a waterway under a pale sky.
Julian Onderdonk
Early Spring-Bluebonnets and Mesquite
1919 · Oil on wood

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A 1910 landscape painting depicting a sunlit meadow with scattered trees, rolling hills, and white clouds in a blue sky.
Julian Onderdonk
Sunlight and Shadow
1910 · oil

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A woman in a purple dress and straw hat sits by a window with flowering plants, rendered in loose brushstrokes with greens, purples, and flesh tones.
Berthe Morisot
After Lunch

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A brown and white water spaniel stands in profile against a dark background in this 1769 painting by George Stubbs.
George Stubbs
Water Spaniel
1769 · oil

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A white foxhound stands in profile against a dark rocky cliff beneath a pale sky in this 1760 painting.
George Stubbs
Foxhound
1760 · Oil on paper laid on board

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A woman in profile wears a white linen hood and black dress against a blue background, holding a squirrel and accompanied by a starling.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling
1526 · oil on panel

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A bearded man in Tudor-era clothing wears a black hat and fur-trimmed coat with a gold chain, set against a green draped background.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir Thomas More
1527 · Oil on oak panel

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A woman in sixteenth-century dress wears a black velvet gown with gold embroidery and an elaborate white and gold headdress against a dark green background.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of a Woman
1535 · Oil on wood

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Portrait of an older man in profile facing left, wearing a black beret and dark robes against a grey background.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir William Butts, Physician
1540 · oil on panel

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Four potted auricula flowers in deep red, blue, yellow, and white displayed against a mountainous landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Auriculas
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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Two potted auricula plants with clustered white and yellow flowers against a misty mountainous landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Auriculas II
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A detailed botanical illustration depicting a star-shaped flower with burgundy and pale green striped petals, surrounded by coniferous trees and mountains in the background.
Robert John Thornton
The Maggot-bearing Stapelia
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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Six variegated tulips with striped petals in red, yellow, black and white displayed against a landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
Tulips
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A botanical illustration depicting various roses in pink, red, white, and yellow with green foliage, a dragonfly, bird, and nest against a cloudy landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
Roses
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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Two red and orange bird of paradise flowers with green stems surrounded by large dark and pale green leaves against a mountainous landscape.
Robert John Thornton
The Queen
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A botanical illustration of six carnation flowers with striped petals in red, pink, and white against a cloudy landscape background.
Robert John Thornton
A Group of Carnations
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A dramatic botanical illustration of a deep purple Dragon Arum flower with green leaves against a stormy mountainous sky.
Robert John Thornton
The Dragon Arum
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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Botanical illustration of passion flowers with pink and white petals, blue-purple centers, and green leaves against a columned architectural background, 1799.
Robert John Thornton
The Quadrangular Pafsion-flower
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A tall flowering plant with red fern-like blooms centered in a mountainous landscape with hummingbirds and ferns.
Robert John Thornton
Large Flowering Sensitive Plant
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A harbor scene depicting numerous sailboats with colorful flags and rigging, rendered in pointillist technique with blues, greens, yellows, and reds.
Paul Signac
Blessing of the Tuna Fleet at Groix
1923 · oil

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Pointillist landscape depicting a meadow with trees, a wooden fence, a building, and mountains under a pale sky in greens, blues, and earth tones.
Paul Signac
Comblat-le-Château, the Meadow (Le pré), Opus 161
1887 · oil

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A pointillist painting depicting a Dutch windmill beside a canal with sailboats, rendered in blue, green, yellow, and purple dots.
Paul Signac
Canal of Overschie
1906 · oil

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A riverside landscape with trees lining the water, rendered in pointillist technique using predominantly purple, blue, pink, and yellow tones.
Paul Signac
The Seine at St. Cloud
1903 · oil

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