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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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Ilya Mashkov

Mashkov painted with aggressive physicality — his still lifes burst with saturated fruit colors against dark grounds, Cézanne's structure amplified to Russian scale.

Palette: #552F1F #C4A27A #A54C2A #AA6D43 #813321 #D7852C #B09243 #DDB857

  • Self-Portrait with Pyotr Konchalovsky By (1910): #422734 #2C232A #190B19 #E2855C #AB6C48 #BA8753
  • Russian Venus (1914): #988E80 #DCB992 #2C242C #BCB9B0 #716A69 #955A4A
  • Three Sisters (1911): #140E14 #D9D4D7 #C77E32 #31244C #625C5B #BE794B
  • Still Life (1938): #35262E #563738 #9D7953 #E1B35E #DD883F #E0C9B1
  • Roses and Carnations (1939): #73654C #998466 #454434 #712D2A #943A37 #7A8C5E
  • Gurzuf. Women's Beach (1925): #AFB0A7 #5D6470 #D4DBD0 #D9C6A3 #8A8D8E #B17243
  • Nude (1918): #955C2C #DA9C41 #BD823B #693C20 #4E2817 #351910
  • Georgia. View of the Darial Gorge (1920): #C0B6A6 #6F645B #8B8E94 #BFA75F #967E50 #4A2A2C
  • Flowers (1939): #29262A #5B473E #6E3E31 #975D41 #E59F5E #AF7C50
  • Crimea. Livadia (1920): #A3C3BC #D4BB7D #8F8072 #AFA07E #424341 #D4E9C9
  • Courtyard in the Village of Mikhailovskaya (1930): #B1C2CB #AE9F80 #89806F #8E9B99 #C7AD6A #7E6140
  • Children's Resort in the Crimea (1926): #8BA4A8 #434556 #B5C8AF #6A5F55 #8A7C54 #BFAA71
  • Bouquet on a Dark Background (1936): #2C2224 #45322B #31161B #5D2626 #918080 #79614C
  • Bakhchisaray (1920): #858356 #CBBD91 #ACAFA2 #5D634B #3A4E3F #9F9755
  • After the Storm (1922): #5A5E6D #BFA748 #355039 #ADAF9B #708460 #9A935E
  • Beach in Simeiz (1920): #8993A9 #D0B49E #76583E #847F79 #576A7A #A7773D
  • «Натюрморт с фруктами » (1910): #212A2E #19191F #404A43 #AE863F #23394B #6B6D4A
  • Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov, Portrait of a Woman: #28201F #11090A #C29772 #DCB98D #645451 #3B3D1F
  • Self-Portrait (1911): #2B2721 #907F56 #B5A990 #61523C #46433C #2A3840
  • (Selfportrait 1911) (1911): #07060D #979686 #403A44 #E1E5E8 #1D1A25 #BDBAA7
  • Nude (1920): #D8CEC4 #372325 #5A3231 #9E423F #C0423C #7E3E3C
  • Still Life with Watermelon (1937): #453B30 #33231B #BA9645 #C06C4F #573722 #BC9B6D
  • Lady with Pheasants (1911): #C1BFB4 #191718 #BEB495 #929B9A #3A3834 #636057
  • Mashkov's Paintings in the Russian Museum 01 (2019): #EAE7DF #C9C3B1 #C3AC73 #A09275 #13100D #27201B
  • Damewithviolets: #CDC9C2 #3E3F45 #A3AAAF #6B6D6E #2A201E #798FA0
  • Mirrorskull (1919): #404345 #C0B19F #D0532E #E48036 #A93E28 #5667A4
  • Portrait of a Lady in an Armchair (1913): #E0E1D6 #6C3915 #502810 #A6AEA8 #8B4E24 #301F19
  • Fruits and Berries (1916): #403027 #5E432A #A63E17 #C64B14 #5D6832 #81371B
  • Nude-1915 (1915): #F4ECDA #36393C #9C9D88 #C8B38A #465859 #C6C3B9
  • Илья Машков Натюрморт (2016): #72889E #9C978F #41546C #1A1514 #625B49 #CCC960
  • Машков И. И., Крыши домов: #D3C6AC #8F8B6C #79899A #B9AFAE #AAA48F #668372
  • Натуршчыца Фрося (1924): #5D3D22 #DFA75F #2B1F14 #412A18 #B47538 #854B1E
  • Нацюрморт з чарапамі (late): #282823 #A04E26 #753920 #B9481A #E6E5CB #532717
  • Mihhailovskaja Staniitsa: #777961 #9E7A3C #988D66 #574622 #452911 #775E32
  • Woman Portrait with a Mirror (1918): #6C482C #685646 #4A3529 #A27549 #EDE6C1 #4E3016
  • Still Life with Flowers (1912): #374632 #9D8451 #81623C #EAD21B #AA9E23 #CAB617
  • Hail to the 17th Congress of the Cpsu (1933): #2C3451 #742025 #884E51 #D0737E #52141E #974A23
  • Still-Life with the Broken Pomegranate (1930): #59380D #201807 #AEA96B #778149 #545F2D #A17321
  • Portrait of an Unknown Man with a Flower in His Buttonhole (1910): #8A8A79 #BC7752 #666456 #C89B78 #0A0807 #B53316
  • Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov, Fruits and Flowers (Octo): #B4C3C3 #AB9364 #335C55 #84968A #A17F8E #746994
  • Winter City Landscape (1914): #DDD9D3 #BEBBAB #B3A989 #82908E #5A6B75 #ABAFC0

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