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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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Jean Metzinger

Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1900 to 1904, were influenced by the neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross.

Palette: #895F40 #0D0C13 #CA6920 #9D8A49 #354E7C #D4A076 #DC714A #992B24

  • Kvinde Med Hest (1912): #49413B #675647 #433128 #2B2929 #8E7761 #B5A08B
  • En Canot, Metzinger (1913): #282F36 #577981 #078379 #3E4D4E #2C9EA7 #80A6B5
  • En Canot Colorized (1913): #A29D8C #756F60 #3A2F2E #C2C2BB #624004 #562A31
  • Jean Metzinger, l'Oiseau Bleu (Left), André Lhote, Two Works (Center), Albert Gleizes, Baigneuse (Right), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2014): #9C958B #D1D8DC #CDB99F #F2DAB2 #886740 #B6B7B5
  • Jean Metzinger, l'Oiseau Bleu (Left), André Lhote (Right), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2014): #BFBBB5 #96897C #E5EEF2 #E2CEB8 #383533 #594636
  • Bagnanti (Due Nudi in Un Paesaggio Esotico), 1905 Ca. 01 (ca. 1905): #0B0B09 #44654D #608567 #D19A94 #7F211C #A63D2E
  • Bagnanti (Due Nudi in Un Paesaggio Esotico), 1905 Ca. 02 (ca. 1905): #DDC7A8 #DAA595 #D04A22 #DE7B34 #C3C649 #132B1F
  • Jean Metzinger, Bagnanti (Due Nudi in Un Paesaggio Esotico), 1905 Ca. 03 Firma (ca. 1905): #F6864C #AA8114 #DE4A27 #96A251 #E87715 #968F28
  • L'Ora del Tè (Donna Col Cucchiaino), 1911 (Pmoa) (1911): #9F744E #D0A67A #262019 #6D5233 #73624B #464037
  • Libro e Pipa Rossa, 1921 Ca (ca. 1921): #13120F #24252B #5F554D #353E51 #472924 #9A9185
  • Portrait De: #33296C #E0D6CD #3F4D92 #80AAA9 #251C4A #DFC19E
  • Musée d'Arts de Nantes (1905): #C5C1BC #A89A94 #474750 #937A76 #50473D #2A3830
  • Portrait Of (1906): #DDDBD9 #2A2E32 #9DC3D7 #334594 #ECD79E #3B805E
  • Jean Metzingerlabel Qs:len,"jean Metzinger"label Qs:lfr,"jean Metzinger (1906): #4B7848 #100E1D #C29E5D #968F4E #175633 #07093E
  • Danseuse au Café (1912): #B9A28B #604836 #3C2B1F #8B6A4D #663D23 #87532D
  • L'Oiseau Bleu (1912): #A29C93 #C7CCCF #D4BFA2 #786F63 #9E7A4B #F8E1B7

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