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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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Jan Willem Pieneman

Jan Willem Pieneman was a Dutch painter.

Palette: #4B3D26 #19160E #312C22 #655D49 #735933 #9F7C49 #CFC3A4 #C3A06C

  • Arcadisch Landschap (1813): #362F20 #54492B #B09270 #745F31 #897866 #1F1C16
  • De Slag Bij Waterloo (1824): #897761 #4D3E2D #6E5131 #665745 #372F24 #A17240
  • Jacob Hobein (1810-1888). Redder der Nederlandse Vlag Onder Vijandelijk Vuur, 18 Maart (1832): #302C25 #C3BF9F #928C81 #161615 #65624E #49463B
  • David Hendrik Baron Chassé (1765-1849). Luitenant-Generaal (1832): #79673E #2D2B25 #43321C #42403B #7A4F1F #CCA169
  • De Prins van Oranje Bij Quatre-Bras, 16 Juni (1817): #3F3626 #221B10 #706554 #5D462A #110E09 #48361C
  • Frederik Knotzer (1782-1853). Luitenant-Generaal (1832): #423F3A #665F4A #A8895E #DFC196 #292924
  • De Aanvaarding van Het Hoog Bewind Door Het Driemanschap in Naam van de Prins van Oranje, 21 November (1828): #4D402B #2F2B20 #6D4929 #97754A #CBA86C
  • Sara de Haan (1761-1832). Weduwe van de Amsterdamse Assuradeur Cornelis Hartsen (1820): #3E351C #11120D #5D4C29 #C4B398 #897F6A #F1E4C9
  • Jonkheer Jan Willem Janssens (1762-1838). Gouverneur van de Kaapkolonie en Gouverneur-Generaal van Nederlands Oost Indië (1815): #3A330D #1F1E0E #121007 #64460D #A0803C #865C0F

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