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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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Johannes Bosboom

Johannes Bosboom was a Dutch painter and watercolorist of the Hague School, known especially for his paintings of church interiors.

Palette: #8D8058 #2E2718 #4F442E #685B32 #BFB27C #BDB8A4 #403818 #8C743B

  • Het Koor van de Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk Te Breda Met Het Grafmonument van Engelbert II van Nassau (1843): #7E7663 #554838 #AFA690 #3C3026 #DAD1B6 #201D18
  • Interieur van de Kerk Te Maasland (1870): #2F2517 #493A22 #67532C #87733F
  • De Preekstoel van Een Kerk Te Hoorn (1860): #6F5C2D #AD9957 #7B7042 #CEC180 #39321B #4E4121
  • Interieur van de Grote of Sint Bavokerk Te Haarlem (1860): #413B16 #776C34 #B8AD6E #5C5224 #241E0B #15110B
  • Kerkinterieur (1850): #5E5539 #332F25 #867A54 #443F2E #ADA16E
  • Kerkinterieur (1840): #C6B586 #695C41 #44392A #917F5B #806E4E #E7D8A2
  • Interieur van de Hooglandse Kerk Te Leiden (1840): #91865D #40351C #665A3A #27200F #C4BB89 #150E09
  • De Consistoriekamer van de Sint-Stevenskerk Te Nijmegen (1850): #6D603A #484027 #2C2718 #998E58
  • De Parijse Kade in Rouen (1839): #B9BAAC #9A9073 #392F1E #72674C #211B11 #564E39

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