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 figure in a hat sits on windswept dune grasses overlooking turbulent ocean waves beneath a stormy sky.
Winslow Homer
The West Wind
1891 · oil

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Beached boats and a red building on sandy shore with blue water and dark trees under a pale sky.
William Glackens
Beach Scene
1930 · Oil on linen

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A seaside scene depicting bathers and sailboats near a wooden pier, painted in blues, yellows, and greens.
William James Glackens
Bathers at Bellport
1912 · oil

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A park scene along the East River with figures beneath large trees, boats on the water, and an industrial cityscape in muted greens and grays.
William Glackens
East River Park

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Dark purple flower with white striations surrounded by large green leaves against a light blue sky background.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 3
1930 · oil

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Abstract close-up painting of a flower with green leaves and dark central forms in blue and black tones against a light blue background.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV
1930 · oil

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Abstract painting featuring flowing white and pale forms with blue, purple, and green tones creating a vertical composition.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Blue and Green Music
1919 · oil

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Abstract painting featuring flowing curved forms in white, pale blue, pink, and gray tones creating an organic composition.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Series I, No. 7
1919 · oil

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Two stylized mice view three abstract artworks displayed on a white wall above a tan floor.
Matthew's Dream VI

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A formal Italian garden with flowering plants lining a paved pathway leading to ornamental gates and cypress trees under a blue sky.
William Merritt Chase
An Italian Garden
oil

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A woman in a green and white floral dress kisses a small child she holds, rendered in soft pastels and ink.
Mary Cassatt
Mother's Kiss
1890 · color drypoint and aquatint on laid paper

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A landscape painting depicting rolling hills with vegetation, trees, and water under a blue sky with white clouds.
William Merritt Chase
Sunlight and Shadow, Shinnecock Hills
1895 · oil

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A crowded harbour scene with sailing ships, rowing boats, and numerous figures with umbrellas gathered on a wet dock beside colonial buildings.
Charles Conder
Departure of the Orient, Circular Quay
1888 · oil

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A group of figures in period dress gather on a sandy beach beside blue water under a pale sky.
Charles Conder
Figures on a beach
oil

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Weathered wooden pier and moored boats on calm gray water under overcast sky, rendered in muted earth tones.
William Merritt Chase
A Gray Day
1886 · oin on panel

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A landscape painting depicting gnarled olive trees with twisted trunks along a path through green fields and woodland.
William Merritt Chase
The Olive Grove
1910 · Oil on canvas mounted to wood panel

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Beach scene with figures seated on sand near a rocky breakwater under a blue sky with white clouds.
William Merritt Chase
Morning at Breakwater, Shinnecock
1897 · oil

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A woman in a striped robe bends over a young child sitting in a basin, rendered in muted purples, greens, and earth tones.
Mary Cassatt
The Child's Bath
1893 · oil

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A woman in a dark blue dress and yellow skirt holds a blonde toddler against a green background with hanging foliage above.
Mary Cassatt
Under the Horse-Chestnut Tree
Drypoint and aquatint in color on ivory laid paper

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Two women and a child in a boat feed ducks on green water using soft colors of yellow, blue, and white.
Mary Cassatt
Feeding the Ducks
1895 · drypoint, aquatint in color and softground etching on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

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A woman holding a young child against a soft green background, rendered in pastel tones of white, pink, and blue.
Mary Cassatt
Mother and child on green background or Maternity
1897 · oil

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Sailboats moored on the Seine at Argenteuil with wooden dock structures in foreground, painted in muted greens, browns, and grays.
Gustave Caillebotte
Voiliers au Mouillage sur la Seine, Argenteuil, 1883

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Parisian street scene with pedestrians holding umbrellas on wet cobblestones, featuring classical buildings under overcast sky in muted tones.
Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day
1877 · oil

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A railroad bridge with stone pillars spans a river, with green banks visible beyond under a blue sky.
Gustave Caillebotte
The Seine and the Railroad Bridge at Argenteuil (La Seine et le pont du chemin de fer dArgenteuil)
1885 · oil

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