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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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Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart was an American painter born in the Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is usually referred to as the Athenaeum Portrait.

Palette: #4D3F2F #836D56 #151211 #291E18 #BBAB9B #431F16 #583422 #C59175

  • Elizabeth Beltzhoover Mason (ca. 1803): #3D2E1E #8C7667 #655142 #B2A496 #3E1F11 #5C3B24
  • Dr. James Stuart; Mary Campbell Stuart (ca. 1815): #60553F #473E2B #16120F #918671 #3C2B1E #B9B7A3
  • Wilson Cary Nicholas (ca. 1805): #3F231C #251610 #1E1E1C #6F5A4D #AA8576 #C6B6A4
  • Mary Campbell Stuart (ca. 1815): #4D4230 #706552 #B3AF9E #36281D #958776 #795834
  • Dr. James Stuart (ca. 1815): #63513B #473B2C #181310 #4E3323 #A27A64 #322419
  • Major-General Henry Dearborn (1812): #14110F #261916 #363133 #CF967D #A47247 #563524
  • Mrs. Blades Och Hennes Dotter: #272521 #C1B3A3 #8B7963 #3F342B #5D4C3B #AB9984
  • William Woollett the Engraver (1783): #131215 #4E3F33 #725039 #92502F #482A27 #AF8660
  • George Washington (1797): #080808 #75522A #2C140C #7A6B55 #A07859 #411E10
  • Portrait of Anne Willing Bingham (1797): #2D231E #121014 #503E32 #B09185 #7B5C4E #D8BFB2
  • Samuel Alleyne Otis (1811): #1D211F #2E271F #483E2D #AE9A86 #3F2C1F #8F745A
  • Captain John Macbride (1788): #2D2018 #503E30 #111C1C #84624B #B49176 #5A3B23
  • Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates) (1793): #413627 #7D6E53 #251B12 #ADB1AE #84817F #D8DEDA
  • Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates) (1793): #281F15 #7F7055 #493B2A #AAADAA #7D7A77 #180C08
  • Dolley Payne Madison (Mrs. James Madison) (1804): #1C0B0D #E6AD99 #47281E #4B3D33 #E9CAC6 #756952
  • Margaret Spear Smith (ca. 1800): #34291B #50422C #14120F #B7A08D #5B261A #80604F

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