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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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Grant Wood

Grant DeVolson Wood was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art.

Palette: #4B4336 #8D7D63 #A67D47 #B3A58B #6E502F #713D13 #D9B46F #AB6A15

  • Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Rehearsing 'Henry VIII' by William Shakespeare at His Majesty's Theatre (1910): #866D5B #F3E6D2 #A0928D #DCC5A6 #615547 #B16D48
  • Soldier's Experience (1847): #524634 #322C26 #7C6A4E #201D1D #57554D #51281B
  • The Sailor's Wedding (1852): #362D29 #594C3F #201A1A #80746A #A39488 #CBC5C2
  • Three Local Characters (19th century): #ECE8D7 #C0B9A3 #99917C #776E5B #484031
  • Self-Portrait in a Black Coat (1848-1850 (?)): #1A1718 #46413B #352F2B #CFBBAA #AC9683 #817367
  • Portrait of a Woman (1846-1849): #5E4835 #44362C #2F241F #A89279 #876F58 #BDB2A8
  • Old '76 and Young '48 (1849): #2C2524 #42342A #4E443A #5F432E #6B5946 #8E785D
  • Man in Green Coat with Umbrella (1848): #E7DFCE #9A9279 #3A3C37 #C0B9A2 #5F625F #736A56
  • Old Woman and Child Reading a Book (1840s): #2F2521 #221D1B #68503B #95806A #46261C #C2B69E
  • The Italian Boy with Hurdy-Gurdy (ca. 1853): #1F191B #3E3631 #63584D #998A7B #C3B3A6 #8B421D
  • Politics in an Oyster House (1848): #2E2420 #53473A #76634E #998973 #72321B #C2B7A5
  • Self-Portrait with Flowered Wallpaper (1848-1850 (?)): #624F3A #957354 #261E1A #424747 #413628 #765336
  • Francis Scott Key (1816): #2C2729 #3F2E25 #765031 #936F46
  • Sentimental Ballad (1940): #090504 #B28949 #DA8E2E #441906 #562E11 #742C06
  • Dall·e- Paintings of Rhinoceros Wearing a Business Suit Screaming Aloud with Hands on the Cheek While Seeing the Stock Price Crash, Painted in Style Of (2022): #DFEFD3 #374047 #B2BDAF #0A0D0E #875838 #BB663B
  • Delphiniums in a White Vase (1929): #575C55 #BEB5A1 #5F3716 #865728 #3F200C #AE7B40
  • Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930) Famous Painting. Original from Wikimedia Commons. Digitally Enhanced (1930): #181926 #D1E2EB #64666D #322011 #705E44 #A3A095
  • Spring in Town (1941): #100402 #4E4E42 #7E6634 #B29D72 #4D3716 #A25E30
  • Self-Portrait (1932): #B08262 #404E4E #E7D79A #815E42 #C4AF70 #8D8351
  • American Gothic (1930): #24262C #CAAD84 #7E6A4F #C9D6BC #3D2B17 #7B786F
  • American Gothic (1930): #1B1D1C #C7CCA7 #C1A676 #33230E #8E7B59 #665332
  • Calendulas (1938): #171411 #779B8D #3D5B5A #AEA792 #849CB0 #AA7024
  • Dinner for Threshers (1934): #97775F #735540 #6F6B68 #A86D62 #494645 #AF9A88
  • Grandma Wood's House (1926): #7D7765 #514B32 #BCB39D #6C512C #3B352A #525249
  • Quivering Aspen (1917): #959349 #717A4D #58592D #3D382B #546351 #B2AF98
  • Study for Autumn Oaks (1928): #856A3B #685B3C #7E8674 #A68A59 #62431F #43422F
  • Sunlit House (1928): #79796B #545145 #ACAA93 #3F403F #9A8F70 #766746
  • The Little Chapel, Chancelade (1926): #9F9362 #776C4A #585343 #848171 #BFB38F #37332B
  • The Luxembourg Gardens (1924): #827A74 #D3CFBD #B0A491 #8D8265 #877F4D #4D5243
  • Plaid Sweater (1931): #5D391C #93BAC4 #885729 #C6D7D5 #946D58 #382210
  • Appraisal (1932): #A68E5A #443527 #614F32 #A67A39 #1F191A #C9A653
  • Gennaio (1938): #B2977E #8E715C #514341 #592E17 #765139 #6E5D58
  • Gennaio (1940-41): #614C35 #C0B4A4 #463B3E #978675 #846F56 #ECE6DA
  • Long's Peak from Loch Vale, Estes Park, Colorado (1926): #504335 #7B6C5D #805E38 #D3CDC2 #A79683 #2F2B24
  • Iowacornfield Wood (1941): #A17841 #796233 #799295 #080A04 #7F7511 #493D0A
  • Jack Pennick (Painting, 1940) (1940): #E4982B #130D09 #593113 #80542A #BD5506 #A77C4B
  • Nearsundown Wood (1933): #70510B #703C0D #4E2D02 #A36818 #E9CAA5 #C69341
  • Reflections, Ville d'Avray By (1920): #BCA175 #8E6E44 #68573B #85867A #4A3D2A #B89558
  • Painting by in Style of Regionalism, Rhinoceros Wearing a Business Suit Screaming Aloud While Seeing the Stock Price Crash (2023): #3F0701 #FAEDA7 #070C1B #A95103 #EDD47C #CDB15F
  • Spring Turning (1936): #0CA22E #582317 #02811A #ABBB9F #03551B #01650C
  • The First Three Degrees of Freemasonry (1921): #85734F #5E4F4C #A6904E #050611 #341B0C #53230D
  • Woman with Plants By (2025): #886936 #0B0C18 #827F50 #C3C2B1 #30556B #7D9399
  • Self-Portrait (1932): #B38464 #414E4E #E9DA9F #886545 #988C55 #D5C07C
  • Calendulas (1929): #729588 #415C5E #B3AA93 #CAA335 #6B7E47 #AF7926
  • Death on the Ridge Road (1935): #1A1916 #5D663B #6E6962 #D3C7B8 #393832 #070809
  • Landscape (1928): #9B6C41 #BB8E60 #6C4C33 #91543A #71765F #927755
  • Daughters of Revolution (1932): #E2B480 #977544 #604B29 #402A11 #331E07 #673D17
  • Dinner for Threshers (1934): #96755D #71523E #75706D #55463C #AD9786 #A66960
  • Parson Weems's Fable (1939): #7D2434 #514F42 #777854 #ABA05D #DC9A74 #8E803D
  • Stone City, Iowa (Painting) (1930): #94763C #424A2D #DAB96F #DEE0DB #5D4528 #807D5E
  • Woman with Plants (1929): #858052 #0B0B18 #8A6A35 #2A5167 #CBC6B4 #7C949B
  • Arnold Comes of Age (1930): #131216 #9A5D1D #72A5B7 #7E481C #C28346 #457990
  • January (1940): #DCD0B9 #514A40 #8B8076 #B4A894 #322D24 #8D8259
  • Fall Plowing (1931): #C6915D #EDE1BA #7A5238 #8EA55E #9C6736 #D8AD47

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