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 woman seated in a red chair wearing a black dress with white draped fabric holds a paintbrush against a muted brown background.
Henri Fantin-Latour
Madame Leopold Gravier
1889 · oil

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Women hang white laundry on lines in a garden beside a house, with fields and distant buildings under a cloudy sky.
Berthe Morisot
Hanging the Laundry out to Dry
1875 · oil

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Impressionist painting depicting sailboats and figures at a harbor with blue water, tan sand, and muted earth tones.
Berthe Morisot
The Port of Nice
1882 · oil

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White cyclamen flowers with dark red stems and variegated green leaves grow beneath a large tree, with mountains and a distant village in the background.
Robert John Thornton
The Persian Cyclamen
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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A still life arrangement featuring a vase of pink and yellow flowers, fresh strawberries, citrus fruits, and a white teapot on a dark table against a muted green background.
Henri Fantin-Latour
Flowers and Fruit
1866 · oil

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Botanical illustration depicting five hyacinth flower clusters in white, pale pink, dark blue, and black against a landscape background with a river.
Robert John Thornton
Hyacinths
1799 · coloured plate engraved in aquatint, stipple and line

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Still life painting depicting white, green, and dark grapes in a bowl on white cloth with a red carnation beside them against a dark background.
Henri Fantin-Latour
Still Life with Grapes and a Carnation
1880 · oil

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Beachgoers in period dress gather on sandy shore with sailboats on turquoise water under cloudy sky.
Berthe Morisot
On the Beach (Sur la Plage)
1873 · oil

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A vast field of blue wildflowers extends toward distant trees and water under a pale, hazy sky.
Julian Onderdonk
Untitled (Field of Bluebonnets)
oil

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White chrysanthemums in a pale vase against a dark olive-green background on a wooden surface.
Henri Fantin-Latour
Vase of Chrysanthemums
1871 · oil

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Still life painting featuring a vase of pink hawthorn flowers, bowl of cherries, Japanese porcelain bowl, and teacup on a white surface against gray background.
Henri Fantin-Latour
Still Life with Vase of Hawthorn, Bowl of Cherries, Japanese Bowl, and Cup and Saucer
1872 · oil

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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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