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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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Jozef Israëls

Jozef Israëls was a Dutch painter. He was a leading member of the group of landscape painters referred to as the Hague School and was, during his lifetime, "the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of the nineteenth century."

Palette: #211E13 #5B5337 #10110E #393528 #978558 #C9B97F #40341D #756C46

  • The Pancakes (ca. 1875): #25231D #493B2B #131311 #816442
  • Mother and Child on a Seashore (ca. 1890): #514D24 #918D56 #75754E #343015 #181B14 #C8BC75
  • Alleen Op de Wereld (1878): #15130A #2A2614 #3D3415 #584F29 #7C7549 #B9B482
  • De Oude Isaac (1896): #0A0F10 #5D5640 #2F332B #8F7E51 #C0A970 #E8D190
  • Melancholie (1880): #242118 #997B4A #423B28 #14110D #645535
  • Modelstudie van Sijtje van Bemmel (1896): #6D6249 #40392D #9C906D #C6B78D #5B4A32 #2C251E
  • Het Naaistertje (1850): #322C1D #211A0E #15110A #472E17 #534D3A #716D5A
  • Sientje Nijkerk-Servaas Op 90-Jarige Leeftijd (1857): #74673C #201D13 #494327 #CFB881 #13100C #BE8D60
  • Boereninterieur (1882): #5E573D #433F30 #887D54 #2F2C24 #B5A674

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