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 circular diagram with radiating lines suspended above two geometric shapes, divided into quadrants of cream, black, brown, and red.

Series VII, No. 5

1920 · Oil on canvas

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A great blue heron stands among marsh grasses in shades of blue-grey, green, and brown in this naturalistic illustration.

John James Audubon

Great Blue Heron

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Two puffins with white faces and black bodies perched on and swimming near a rocky shore against a seascape background.

John James Audubon

Large Billed Puffin

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A pale moon rises through bare trees in a misty landscape rendered in soft peach, grey, and white tones.

Clarice Beckett

Moonrise, Mentone

1930 · Oil on pulpboard

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Abstract geometric composition with an orange circle and white crescent against a gridded background of blue, purple, green, and gray rectangular forms.

The Harbinger of Autumn [green/violet gradation with orange accent]

1922 · Watercolor and graphite

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Claude Monet's painting depicts a curved wooden bridge spanning a pond surrounded by weeping willows and water lilies in muted greens, blues, and rose tones.

The Water Lilies Pond, pink harmony

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A coastal landscape painting depicting dramatic cliffs framing a turquoise sea beneath a pale sky, rendered in greens, blues, and earth tones.

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Cornish Headlands

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Charing Cross Bridge spans the Thames in London, rendered in soft blues, yellows, and whites through atmospheric haze.

Charing Cross Bridge, London

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A mountainous landscape painting depicts a snow-capped peak rising above a forested valley with a lake, rendered in whites, greens, and browns.

Albert Bierstadt

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A snow-covered village landscape with frost-laden trees, buildings, and figures along a frozen path rendered in whites, pale blues, and muted earth tones.

Snow in Argenteuil

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A tropical beach scene with a palm tree, driftwood logs, sailboat, and turquoise ocean under a cloudy sky.

Albert Bierstadt

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A mountainous Alpine landscape with a glacial lake, evergreen trees in the foreground, and misty peaks beneath a cloudy sky.

Albert Bierstadt

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White and pale pink roses arranged in a dark blue ceramic vase against a muted brown and grey background.

Abbott Handerson Thayer

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Snow-capped mountain with stormy sky rises behind a forested lake shore with rocky beach and tall trees in golden and green tones.

Albert Bierstadt

Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas

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A monumental landscape painting depicting a Native American encampment in a mountain valley with a lake, dramatic peaks, and misty atmospheric effects in earth tones and blues.

Albert Bierstadt

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

1866 · Hand-colored engraving

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Water lilies and lily pads float on a pond rendered in soft greens, blues, and yellows with hazy brushwork.

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Snow-capped Mount Hood dominates a misty landscape of forested valleys, lakes, and grazing animals in greens and whites.

Albert Bierstadt

Mount Hood in Oregon

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Abstract cubist painting depicting fragmented geometric forms in yellow, red, blue, green, and black arranged vertically suggesting an urban landscape.

On Brooklyn Bridge

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A pastoral landscape painting depicting cattle and sheep grazing beneath tall trees, with mountains and a river visible in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Albert Bierstadt

Mt. Ascutney from Claremont, New Hampshire

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A pastoral landscape with a river, trees, and a figure by a boat under a cloudy sky in golden and green tones.

Albert Bierstadt

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A coastal cliff with brick buildings and vegetation overlooks turbulent blue-green waters with white-capped waves under a cloudy sky.

Rising Tide at Pourville

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A turbulent mountain stream flows through a forested canyon with a solitary figure on a log, rendered in muted greens, whites, and browns.

Albert Bierstadt

A Stream in the Rocky Mountains

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Snow-covered forest landscape with a distant mountain peak bathed in golden light against a pale blue sky.

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Mount Monadnock

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Tall poplar trees reflected in still water under a hazy sky, painted in soft greens, pinks, and purples.

Poplars, Pink Effect

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