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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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Jacob Maris

Jacob Henricus Maris was a Dutch painter, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters. He was considered to be the most important and influential Dutch landscape painter of the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Palette: #3B3422 #605738 #A19D82 #211C12 #CFC9A3 #887D52 #BDAF72 #554721

  • Stadsgezicht (1885): #A7A087 #3D3423 #7C745E #5C533F #211C12
  • Havengezicht (1870): #C9C69E #322E1F #524D34 #1A1711 #797554 #A6A37A
  • Achterplaatsje (1862): #665E41 #353028 #4A4130 #918556 #C4BB80 #614831
  • Aankomst der Boten (1884): #B2B29F #95937F #231E15 #706041 #453925 #827A60
  • De Afgesneden Molen (1872): #282418 #463F29 #605939 #C8C0A2 #8B8364 #16150F
  • Strand Bij Avond (1890): #655E45 #433D2B #9B8F67 #2D2A20 #1E1D18
  • Moe Gewaakt (1869): #39331A #272110 #776936 #534B23 #A49457 #1B1507
  • Oud Buurtje Aan Het Water (1883): #CDC9A6 #6F6342 #4C4631 #9D956E #ABA890 #373221
  • Meisje Aan de Piano (1889): #241D10 #40351C #100F0B #37230E #625434 #343127
  • Houten Brug Over Een Vaart Bij Rijswijk (1878): #D7CEA7 #645235 #42392B #B3AB88 #302D26 #8F7B4F
  • Landschap Met Schuit (1886): #35351E #4E4F2D #B0A769 #858151 #5D5F30 #D4C570
  • Biddende Monnik (1864): #3C2D18 #2A1F15 #877747 #65552C #4A4129 #1B1710
  • Kippetjes Voeren (1866): #534A2A #3A321E #7C6C42 #2A2316 #B7A56E #1A1910
  • Catharina Hendrika Horn (1841-1905). Echtgenote van de Schilder (1867): #8B907A #6A705E #D4CAA3 #484840 #B9A478 #A08E45
  • De Schreierstoren Aan de Buitenkant Te Amsterdam (1876): #A5A286 #4D4835 #D7D2AC #6B6649 #2D2B22

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