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A living archive of how artists work with color across time. Each artist profile scans publicly available works to trace dominant colors, a chromatic fingerprint, and the arc of a palette across a lifetime.A living archive of how artists work with color across time, tracing palettes, fingerprints, and lifetime arcs from public works.

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Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du "Cubisme", 1912.

Palette: #C9BFAC #A48767 #141010 #A4823F #AD6041 #9A3D2D #CF8F4C #AF5517

  • Abstraction (Femme Couchée): #79AE72 #CEBE31 #B54C24 #E6E5CE #292D21 #1C5D46
  • Albert Gleizes (1912): #3A3D30 #22282A #5B5E46 #81835E #5E5733 #AFA472
  • Les Baigneuses (the Bathers) (1912): #8A7163 #58473E #413532 #7C503D #272224 #C6ABA4
  • Albert Gleizes (1912): #3E5650 #697B68 #283434 #8B8D6E #525243 #AFB49F
  • Albert Gleizes (1912): #6E655C #483D3A #A59D8E #342629 #998861 #1C151F
  • L'Homme en Hamac (Man in a Hammock) (1913): #898284 #C7BFBE #5E5356 #906D5D #10050D #774F38
  • Albert Gleizes (1914): #9C897C #121315 #4B5058 #123741 #E2D5D5 #594A3B
  • Albert Gleizes (1915): #C6A67E #CBC9B5 #A08068 #332B2B #7F7068 #101015
  • Albert Gleizes (1915): #C9C2B9 #939187 #CEB293 #616C65 #806853 #92B2A1
  • Albert Gleizes (1915): #DBDBD2 #DDCFAC #B82F0D #0A0909 #DC9C47 #AD8B67
  • Femme au Gant Noir (1920): #271D1B #CC9245 #9D3720 #979292 #C5B07B #3F2F2E
  • Ecuyère (Horsewoman) (1920): #7C7689 #8D8463 #A0764E #BAA578 #B9B59F #82351E
  • Albert Gleizes (1920-21): #445973 #DB6D5C #0C0A0B #D1C8BE #9C6463 #B28F63
  • Comnposizione con Chitarra (1921): #362016 #1E1412 #DB8561 #6172A8 #D4931F #DFB12C
  • Nel Porto (1917): #BE9D73 #9C8472 #967248 #13100B #9E1C11 #E8BF76
  • Paesaggio con Mulino (1913): #2E241C #7C5F49 #543E2F #43281C #B09070 #963229
  • Vue de Budapest Par: #C5C1B6 #5E2F22 #919DA8 #7E5946 #B7A282 #66764E
  • Composition aux ŒUfs: #818C8D #BE7241 #6C482E #2A2C26 #E0B374 #EAE8DA
  • Figure Suggérée dans Une Peinture Mesure-Cadence-Rythme (1934): #963F31 #D5B7A5 #AA5D3E #C68A68 #B69D7C #D8B47A
  • Gleizesart (1914): #423930 #79624A #26201F #A79274 #71422E #5E3028
  • Jean Metzinger, l'Oiseau Bleu (Left), André Lhote, Two Works (Center), Albert Gleizes, Baigneuse (Right), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2014): #9C958B #D1D8DC #CDB99F #F2DAB2 #886740 #B6B7B5
  • Les Baigneuses (1912): #5E4F32 #36301D #826942 #4D361A #AE946B #3A2510
  • Les Joueurs de Football (1912): #4E483D #B0A78F #827B6A #6C6655 #2F2D27 #5F3B27
  • On a Sailboat (1916): #2D3440 #352818 #2A3A67 #B3924B #948C6D #E6CD99
  • Personnages: #447066 #2F2E2B #AA7C25 #364D94 #BB5E5C #C3A044
  • Sans Titre (Scène de Baigneuses): #D6CEBA #C8A37E #68A37D #A1B196 #89A5A7 #5F4D44
  • Musician (Florent Schmitt) (1915): #CCB59A #A5672E #A85559 #B26F7C #B44336 #963533
  • Football Players (1912): #595347 #887D67 #35322C #ADA48C #D4CCB1 #B49862
  • Harvest Threshing (1912): #32362D #20292C #5C5A3D #403C25 #838666 #AC9856
  • The Bathers (1912): #6D584D #50382E #A48877 #433B39 #7A4A34 #9A6D54
  • The Banks of the Marne (1909): #231F1E #403527 #C17E63 #D36E46 #A78A86 #645A66
  • Passy, Bridges of Paris (1912): #7D876F #4D5F55 #344744 #1F2F31 #232021 #B4B7A0
  • La Chasse (1911): #7E8270 #CBCCB8 #B6A78A #525346 #28332B #111412
  • Man in a Hammock (1909): #CBAF92 #A38366 #180F09 #7F6044 #2D1D10 #674A31
  • Man on a Balcony (1912): #72562F #2B2315 #45371D #A8844F #CCAF81 #5C3C19
  • Woman with Animals (1914): #35312D #968B81 #6E5843 #613A25 #6A6761 #9F865F
  • Bermuda (1917): #BFBBA7 #8E8E7F #5E5E58 #393936 #B1A571 #232323
  • Landscape (1912): #414032 #7D7B62 #5A5743 #B7AF91 #705E3A #2A2A1F
  • Head in a Landscape (ca. 1912): #8F7E73 #4E4037 #322A26 #6B4E37 #CABBAF #625C59
  • Portrait of an Army Doctor (1914): #998679 #0F2B35 #495059 #E1D3D1 #511813 #3B362E
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1915): #2B262B #B9A895 #807166 #5B514A #A76047 #B98E61
  • Chal Post (1915): #CBC3B9 #989389 #47433F #CAB193 #637069 #786755
  • Composition for "Jazz (1915): #B4A38A #8A8275 #D4CEC0 #433830 #A37D52 #696056
  • The Port (Marseille) (1912): #4B3A30 #7C5E40 #342F30 #80725B #AE986E #CEBC8B
  • The Astor Cup Races (Flags) (1915): #C0BCB3 #92968E #434844 #72746B #A7947B #9E4942
  • Circus Equestrienne (1916): #9B8F7B #62615F #DFD7BE #3A2817 #9F7010 #B84055
  • Spanish Dancer (1916): #B5A998 #646F7A #8A7D6B #575751 #363A3A #3D5B4A
  • On Brooklyn Bridge (1917): #A69B7F #635849 #51505A #75442E #7A6935 #7F7D7F
  • Kelly Springfield (1919): #CAC4B6 #7A6958 #CDB68F #A38B73 #CFB42E #41558C
  • Portrait of Igor Stravinsky (1914): #34332F #764427 #78736C #3A414E #B59E1E #3E547D
  • L'Homme au Hamac (Man in a Hammock) (1913): #454042 #6A6362 #2A272C #8E8280 #B3A29B #80584E
  • View of Budapest (1904): #CACECE #653223 #7E5342 #8D876F #C5BBA6 #8C9AA7
  • Painting for Contemplation, Dominant Rose and Green (1942): #76543E #9B6545 #B89673 #6B6854 #5E5C5D #988469

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