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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.

Scanning works…

Liubov Popova

Popova's Painterly Architectonics layer geometric planes in earthy reds, greens, and ochers — Cubist structure energized with Russian intensity.

Palette: #CEC9BF #BC8842 #D6AD79 #0B0A0A #9F4F32 #CB5E3A #87561B #BD3D25

  • Architectonic Painting (1917): #5F7AA5 #CA6E44 #7A8479 #555E6F #DFDDDD #8E4532
  • The Traveler (1915): #393E3C #D0CBC1 #888A89 #14203F #7E4D3F #15295A
  • The Model. Standing Figure. (1913): #606775 #353B52 #1D233B #644E45 #AD905F #E4D776
  • The Violin (1915): #CFCEC4 #22252D #7D8181 #475055 #6D3524 #4F2B25
  • The Pictorial Architectonics (1916): #2C2D3A #F3F0E6 #1B1B23 #F1653E #DB4915 #55595F
  • Painterly Construction (1920): #C25729 #2B2434 #295465 #E3E3E7 #A93349 #DA8161
  • Space-Power Construction (1921): #2B2D35 #9B6931 #CC4F2A #CCC7BD #86441C #4A4F5C
  • Architectonic Painting (1917): #A75626 #444F76 #393436 #888A9D #625D49 #3B4058
  • Fabric Designs (1924): #CDAC75 #4B3535 #E1D8D3 #897877 #B1A29C #221A1A
  • Fabric Designs (1924): #F0ECE7 #332D23 #D67A63 #1D1A0F #9B8B83 #D5C1B5
  • Fabric Designs (1924): #EBD2B7 #030203 #D9B183 #93806D #1D0E0B #523C34
  • Fabric Designs (1924): #D1D3BE #1B4791 #C73A32 #DDB2A2 #4C6C97 #CD5C4F
  • Birsk. (1916): #232627 #DADBD6 #AAAFAE #394341 #596361 #4B3123
  • Untitled.: #362D35 #C2BBB8 #8E7C8B #4D4753 #AA443E #AA6A7D
  • Spatial Force Construction (1920): #B3754A #CEB79E #B23E31 #59362A #2A2827 #1A1510
  • Liubov Popova. Piglet. (1915): #EDCA81 #ECAC50 #08520A #5B9499 #C7894A #8B400F
  • Composition (1917): #D3CFC7 #AD8835 #0D0D0E #3D1C19 #926C29 #A7A191
  • Oil on Canvas 158 5x123cm (1915): #090605 #E9E1CA #7C7268 #423C38 #BA100C #E21D14
  • Untitled Compositions (1916): #CDC9BB #AD9D31 #131111 #935C24 #696C6E #054499
  • Untitled Compositions (1921): #5D6259 #0B0B0B #805510 #D5D0BB #84434B #330703
  • Lady with a Guitar (1915): #1E150F #E2D5BA #A29484 #3F332C #6B5D52 #B67A3D
  • Painterly Architectonic (1916): #0E0E0E #49241F #BF3422 #E1DEDC #47536E #275643
  • Painterly Architectonics (1918): #110F0F #772B1A #684223 #B9B2A2 #313D25 #60645C
  • The Pianist (1914): #202327 #D5D0C8 #A5A8A6 #3B4247 #707A7B #9D710B
  • Lyubov Popova, Ritratto di Un Filosofo, Costruzione Cubista (1915): #3B3D40 #B5B7B6 #545962 #757D85 #604C42 #8F9253
  • Painterly Architectonic (1917): #A52C10 #AD676B #C6BFB6 #3A3A36 #272622 #B1A494
  • Painterly Architectonic (1918): #C17E3A #1A1C34 #34669E #213D65 #E4DFD2 #6B4246
  • Multiple Languages: Sitzender Weiblicher Akt: #B7B6B9 #61717A #282D2A #384242 #4C3D30 #937156
  • Untitled (1915): #414849 #5F6867 #928B7F #2A292B #5E3629 #BCB8AC

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