Pastels

Soft, chalky color runs through these scenes of coastlines, gardens and quiet countryside, with hazy skies and gentle light rather than sharp contrast. Water, cliffs, trees and open fields recur, giving a relaxed, airy mood throughout. The blush, sage and pale blue tones sit lightly on white or cream walls, suiting a living room, spa, or hotel guest room.

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A woman in white dress stands with a young child on a sandy beach beside a wooden chair, with other beachgoers visible in the background.
E. Phillips Fox
Bathing hour (L'heure du bain)
1909 · oil

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A profile portrait of a woman wearing an elaborate white headdress and red and cream patterned garment against a pale yellow background.
Kitano Tsunetomi
Bride
hanging scroll, ink and colours on silk

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Red and pink poppies bloom on rocky coastal terrain overlooking a misty sea with distant sailboat.
Childe Hassam
Field of Poppies, Isles of Shoals
1890 · Watercolor on paper

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Impressionist painting depicting a Paris street scene with a Gothic church tower, yellow flowers in foreground, and pedestrians beneath an overcast sky.
Childe Hassam
St. Germain l’Auxerrois
1897 · oil

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A Japanese woodblock print depicting a hairdresser arranging a client's hair, rendered in black ink with gray and red accents on a cream background.
Hairdresser, illustration from the series 'Twelve types of women's handicraft'
colour woodcut on paper

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Spring landscape painting depicting a terraced hillside with blooming trees overlooking a river valley with distant buildings and boats.
Alfred Sisley
The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring
1875 · oil

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Red chalk drawing on paper depicting three human figures in classical style with flowing drapery and gestural poses.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Study of Lazarus and two Attendant Figure
red chalk on paper

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Two hands with extended fingers nearly touching against a pale beige background, rendered in muted earth tones and soft colors.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Hands of God and Adam, detail from The Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Ceiling (pre restoration)
1511 · fresco

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Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays various arachnids including spiders and mites arranged symmetrically in browns, golds, and blacks.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Arachnida
1904

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Pissarro's 1893 painting depicts a flooded landscape with green water, dark trees lining the horizon, and a pale yellow-pink sky at sunset.
Camille Pissarro
Flood at Sunset
1893 · oil

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Pissarro's 1900 painting depicts the Tuileries Gardens ponds under misty conditions, with green lawns, bare trees, and a cathedral visible in the hazy background.
Camille Pissarro
The Tuileries Ponds, Mist
1900 · oil

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A landscape painting depicting a tree-lined road with figures and horse-drawn carriages stretching toward a distant valley under a cloudy sky in greens, blues, and earth tones.
Alfred Sisley
The Road to Montbuisson at Louveciennes
1875 · oil

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A pastoral landscape with wildflowers in the foreground, wooden fence, trees, and rolling hills beneath a cloudy blue sky.
Alfred Sisley
Meadow
1875 · oil

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Sixty-three moths pinned and arranged in irregular columns display varied colors including white, yellow, orange, green, and brown against a gray background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Sixty-three Moths, arranged inthree or five irregular columns
1910 · Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Two sailing boats with purple sails on calm blue water at dawn, with yellow sky and distant shoreline.
Jane Peterson
Boats on the Nile, Dawn
1915 · oil

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Harbor scene with sailboats and figures on a beach, painted in blues, yellows, and earth tones beneath a light blue sky.
Jane Peterson
Harbor Scene
1915 · oil

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Pastoral landscape featuring rolling hills with cypress trees, cultivated fields in yellow and green, and purple mountains beneath a pale sky.
Arthur Bowen Davies
Landscape with purple mountains from A.B. Davies book, edition #50/50
Pastel and chalk on paper

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A woman in profile gazes among pink flowering azaleas against a blue sky in this 1928 painting.
Charles Courtney Curran
The Breath of the Wild Azalea
1928 · Oil on canvas laid down on board

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Snow-capped mountain peak bathed in afternoon sunlight, framed by evergreen trees in foreground, rendered in whites, greens, and soft blues.
Charles Courtney Curran
The Jungfrau, Afternoon Sunlight
1900 · oil

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Three women in flowing classical gowns gather among yellow, pink, and red roses in soft, muted tones.
Charles Courtney Curran
The Perfume of Roses
1902 · oil

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Woman in white dress stands on grassy hillside overlooking calm water under blue sky with white clouds.
Charles Courtney Curran
A Breezy Day
1908 · oil

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Young ballet dancers in white tutus practice in a studio with wooden wainscoting under natural light, with one wearing an orange shawl.
Edgar Degas
The Dance Lesson
1879 · oil

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Young ballet dancers in white tutus practice in a green-walled studio with an instructor in dark clothing.
Edgar Degas
The Dancing Class
1873 · oil

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Jockeys on horseback gather in a green field with industrial buildings and smoking chimneys visible in the distance under a gray sky.
Edgar Degas
The Races
1871 · oil on wood

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