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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.

Scanning works…

Cornelis Kruseman

8 works, 1817 to 1830.

Palette: #211D14 #705F3F #BCAD8B #382C18 #483823 #624126 #774524 #97855F

  • De Graflegging (1830): #31302C #625946 #848577 #897347 #6A4A30 #C2A567
  • Boerengezin in Interieur (1817): #242318 #15160E #42351C #74491B #58441E #9C8B55
  • Godsvrucht (1823): #20170F #6B5939 #362A19 #503720 #988864 #0E0D0B
  • Een van Zin (1830): #8D897F #C4B8A1 #595243 #4E3421 #291F19 #644227
  • Mevr. Brak-Haskenhoff (1818): #463928 #655E49 #201D16 #CEC198 #66462F #918A6D
  • Graaf Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844). Gouverneur-Generaal van Nederlands-Indië, Minister van Koloniën (1829): #11110D #969181 #B0A890 #83745B #201F18 #5A4A2F
  • Rudolphina Wilhelmina Elizabeth de Sturler (1798-1873). Tweede Echtgenote van Johannes Graaf van den Bosch Met Hun Zoon Richard Leeuwenhart (1829): #151514 #433E22 #302914 #23231C #BDB499 #6B613F
  • Marie Allebé-Herckenrath. Grootmoeder van de Schilder August Allebé (1820): #322B17 #0E0E08 #20190B #BEAC8D #643820 #917D62

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