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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.

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Konstantin Somov

Konstantin Andreyevich Somov was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Modernist period, best known as co-founding member of the Mir iskusstva society. After the Russian Revolution, he eventually emigrated to Paris, along with other prominent figures in the Russian arts.

Palette: #3B2F20 #867150 #56402D #B4926C #74482E #AF8443 #897631 #A84C21

  • River Scene (1929): #18321D #0E2112 #284623 #486A3E #687E4B #5C7058
  • Liebesbrief Anagoria (1911): #345F5C #646875 #B05955 #244F78 #214C31 #BF9384
  • A.i. Somov, Artist's Father (1897): #38333A #231D23 #61585B #453734 #928687 #342624
  • A.i. Somov, Artist's Father (1897): #181E2B #394248 #534937 #977B4E #DCBC7B #726042
  • Elena Oliv (1914): #2D231E #363838 #8B8F87 #2D7BA3 #755E46 #555B5B
  • Finnish: Sateenkaari (1897): #6B6E54 #060D08 #173924 #152117 #404D3A #5F6A2C
  • Костянтин Сомов, автопортрет, акварель. Державний Російський музей, Санкт-Петербург (1898): #523B2B #BAAD84 #2F241E #6F4B33 #918763 #1D1613
  • Evening Shadows (before 1917): #3E3925 #27251E #898062 #625B2E #666E59 #7B6553
  • Portrait of G Hirschman (before 1911): #281F1A #442E21 #A1846F #704930 #936544 #D9B086
  • Promenade After Rain 1 (1896): #8D7E3D #C4A165 #625037 #B28A44 #9A8158 #705B2C
  • Skating Rink in Winter (before 1915): #373029 #53392A #D9C69E #5D584C #A66C46 #9B98A0
  • Rendezvous (1918): #4F4334 #31291E #9B876D #3C2A14 #C7AE7B #373C45
  • Осмеянный поцелуй (1908): #2B281F #514C30 #1C1A16 #DFD593 #BBA968 #907F4A
  • In the Forest (1914): #313028 #45452E #575A31 #1F1C1C #727A40 #6B624F
  • Winter (1915): #949AA3 #E1DEAF #796345 #CCAF72 #A57C4A #945928
  • N.f. Ober (1896): #BBA7A1 #645336 #382F21 #DDCFB2 #4C3824 #A48867
  • The Apparition (1938): #4B3615 #322714 #C09261 #907B5C #D7C6A9 #906831
  • A Reclining Man (1936): #3D2F2A #BA8964 #855D3B #252731 #B48551 #5B3A2D
  • Repose at Sunse (1922): #96927E #786442 #53452B #ADB49D #3B2D1D #655353
  • Open Door Garden (1934): #2C170B #3A1309 #DCE6D9 #B6A469 #AA9331 #896928
  • Open Door Gardenfxd (1934): #321D13 #6C4D29 #D1C49F #ABA07C #A48D47 #8E6E34
  • Before Sundown (1900): #7F8426 #DCD2AD #192C18 #3B4D32 #B1B8B2 #5D7127
  • Portrait of the Composer, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov (1925): #D7B27F #9C664A #A98160 #49352D #2B2120 #120D10
  • In the Forest (1914): #403F2F #292823 #63653C #1E1A19 #3F421F #8D8C5C
  • Porträt des Sergej Diaghilev (1893): #775F46 #35251D #5E3727 #B28E6D #4B3B2D #DBC8BB
  • Lady in Blue (1897): #211F17 #0E0F0B #7F7154 #202F43 #383427 #0E141A
  • The Boxer (1933): #604A2A #281F1D #3E2D20 #BA9769 #89683B #D5B68D
  • The Apparition (1938): #3D2F24 #B7A17B #847554 #564430 #A17B4D #6A4A2D
  • A Reclining Man (1936): #3E2E29 #B78663 #28262D #7B5238 #5B4033 #BC8C58
  • Portrait of B. Snezhkovsky (1934): #897A5D #D6CCA6 #69604A #BB9376 #4E3D2D #312B20

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