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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.

Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.

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Alexandra Exter

Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster, also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Russian and French painter and designer.

Palette: #D9CEB8 #A22A22 #1B4E5F #66271D #2D59A7 #B66B43 #12100F #8B5736

  • Tänzerinnen (1924): #E6D2C5 #AA8B8C #11100A #5E4C47 #6A9291 #ED8E08
  • Alexandra Exter's Bag (1915, Proun) (1915): #292722 #CCBB9E #514A45 #A18E77 #C88249 #151512
  • Still Life (1913): #373741 #DFDDE2 #C9AC90 #9FA8BF #1050CD #79A795
  • Florence (1914): #B8C4BC #A0A087 #AF342F #7D8151 #080B16 #414749
  • Still Life, C (ca. 1914): #D1A271 #615E5A #1F1E1F #C4C2BE #AE7B4B #5B2915
  • Famira Kifared Menada (1916): #402E54 #E6E3E9 #4B3B6E #331F35 #594935 #65674C
  • Carnival in Venice (1930): #282020 #87A7A9 #E1D8BA #841A17 #274A5C #0A72A7
  • City at Night (1913): #382B2F #CA1F26 #E9D3BC #7C6D89 #F1BE3C #303B92
  • Construction (1921): #DBD5C1 #29292E #993B2F #0E3A63 #C56D31 #CD8F30
  • Farbdynamik: #DDCECE #A91417 #2E2527 #125BA4 #1B4881 #035B32
  • Composition (1918): #DED3AB #C22F16 #D8BC47 #070A0A #BCA548 #0A1C46
  • Landscape with Houses and Trees: #2F2F2D #A5A59E #D4C9B2 #8D7053 #774D49 #5C483C
  • Theatrical Composition: #494C4B #D9D3C3 #55739D #8A453A #C8A398 #A57267
  • Dynamique des Couleurs (1916): #221F1E #9EA6A4 #9E080F #2D3C59 #535547 #82532C
  • The Boat and the Town (1925): #CDB8B0 #736F66 #A43E27 #212020 #A37044 #453A35
  • Natura Morta (1913): #18140E #8A5C2B #EFDEC1 #7A926C #BBAE9D #DAAF74
  • Cubist Nude (ca. 1912): #3A3736 #5F5C57 #4D3833 #2B292B #8B7F64 #9E9A8C
  • Dynamics of Color By (1882-1949): #1E2123 #94362A #282A44 #31396A #3E4B8B #A9929F
  • Konstruktivist Still-Life (1917): #B8ABA3 #171214 #9C806E #2D2A2E #772816 #522614
  • Non-Objective Composition (Alexandra Exter, 1917) (1917): #171918 #CACCC8 #273337 #3B4B55 #96A5B2 #677E93

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