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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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Marianne von Werefkin

Mariamna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, commonly known as Marianne von Werefkin, was a Russian-born painter, active in Germany and Switzerland during the late Belle Époque and interwar periods. She is particularly known for her Expressionist works.

Palette: #42659E #D3874B #B46964 #284578 #E0BD66 #9F342A #A95D31 #CA442F

  • Von Werefkin, Andenken (1909): #524038 #71382C #8B3C27 #AF482E #944D48 #837A49
  • Prozession bei Ascona (1924): #987358 #C7966A #282A2D #AC3A3E #6A4938 #9CACA7
  • Ballroom (1908): #C55B2D #C9B281 #9292A9 #AEA099 #BB3E14 #333C40
  • Stadt in Litauen (± 19): #295FD2 #A3ABE8 #6B85DB #3E5BB2 #232E5C #BA221B
  • The Red Tree (1910): #747989 #4A3F55 #C33B28 #63684A #9A352F #9EA1A7
  • Die Steingrube (1907): #A8B4C8 #788DBF #040720 #5A614E #414D45 #72859B
  • Marianne von Werefkin, Ritratto di Alexej von Jawlensky, Foto Scattata Alla Mostra Kandinskij. l'Opera 1900-1940, Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo (1900-40): #E9D3AE #72656A #97B499 #B48970 #EC8521 #B63819
  • Aschermittwoch (2022): #7A8C8F #937E72 #B4CAC9 #51737C #30444A #79A9B4
  • Autumn: #101413 #88B05E #EADBC9 #F88637 #223A58 #264572
  • Autumn Idyll (1910): #4D485E #574D40 #78633A #A8A5B0 #4D6497 #354382
  • Ave Maria (1927): #3A315C #B84379 #BF6993 #D75B52 #8596B0 #373E80
  • Biergarten (20<s): #DB3D37 #181514 #6276B9 #BA443C #923B38 #682E2C
  • Church of Saint Anne, Vilnius: #436EAC #6496D8 #A9BBE7 #522831 #3A4E83 #9B373C
  • Circus (Before the Performance) (1910): #A24C68 #714267 #F8D965 #B6CBC8 #494271 #DE4A1E
  • City with Bridge and Dorse-Drawn Carriage: #727368 #A4A199 #51656A #4A4942 #91A474 #C9BC97
  • Couple in Moonlight: #3A3B3D #222123 #4A6597 #434E5C #5C504B #192638
  • Die Nachtschwärmer (Night Prowler) (2024): #363634 #ACAD9A #1F1E1D #7B7567 #668395 #535D5D
  • Fantastic Night (1917): #332E24 #667B7E #627862 #667447 #D2452F #AC4028
  • Moonlit: #D6C8D0 #99909E #5278B1 #1C3555 #82A1C5 #274678
  • Mother and Child (Ave): #E5C48E #C1B750 #462F28 #6A4B30 #E2B15F #A3AFCB
  • Mountain Landscape at Oschwand (Ave): #465143 #523F33 #4A8973 #C19E94 #6D573C #8A5C5E
  • Mystical Bride (Ave): #2B1C22 #D3B3A6 #5C2F31 #A56351 #ACABB3 #B93A43
  • Schindelfabrik (1910): #26384F #534E4F #516579 #34557C #848185 #EFC553
  • Police Station in Vilnius (1914): #343145 #6493CD #3D5E9D #171410 #733537 #9F2C32
  • Portrait of Vera Repin (03.0): #B9B0A7 #2A1A15 #272422 #111010 #7E7973 #F0E6DD
  • Skaters (Ave): #204664 #0C1B20 #285D95 #142E3F #3B79C8 #1D2C33
  • Small Horse (Ave): #3B563E #667C50 #263534 #596974 #CADEF3 #6C90BA
  • St. Prex, Doorway, Garden with Rainbow (Ave): #485989 #605D74 #8F757A #212F57 #4D415D #171F3A
  • Sturmwind (1915): #37444F #2C2B2F #B9563D #CA7B46 #335F72 #8C4B3D
  • Styx (Ave): #8A4F2F #2C3A5C #3E5044 #605574 #201B19 #E1D2B9
  • Sunday in Spring (Ave): #506143 #151510 #536AAA #EAEAE8 #7491C8 #2F442B
  • The Factory: #254A82 #635045 #DDD709 #BDC9D7 #173264 #A23D25
  • Die Törichten Jungfrauen (1921): #27395D #EAE4E2 #9A9384 #94A1B9 #973740 #4370A7
  • The Living and the Dead (1924): #171814 #635F4E #363B39 #EBD15E #F4E59E #C3B691
  • Twins: #161F27 #A64D38 #111313 #5A867E #86A48F #F0F0E9
  • Washerwoman: #525643 #8D9BBC #587079 #2C2015 #D4D5D8 #BCA98D
  • Windblown (1910): #8B8D6C #BCB2A1 #717970 #2A3F79 #697552 #8488A8
  • Bei Cuno Amiet (before 1919): #B6C8B6 #6B9BAA #A8C0DC #114C61 #AF6E67 #B2937D
  • La Grosse Lune 1923 Cropped (1923): #635B66 #1A1B1D #3F3D45 #5B4241 #7387A1 #A8918E
  • Polizeiposten Wilna (1914): #25201F #4F798F #747B80 #3B3C5C #3C457D #611F1B
  • Self-Portrait (1910): #B79E9C #7E485B #9BB3C8 #7C9BA0 #574E5B #BFB189
  • Sängerin: #706E88 #745160 #363131 #545980 #E49F90 #95A6C7
  • Self-Portrait (1910): #3F0A11 #AA5625 #BE8032 #3B6434 #785026 #DA9631
  • La Familia (1922): #202233 #B6C2F9 #374051 #8588C2 #8B80A1 #849AE9
  • Marianne Werefkin, Raffiche di Vento (1910): #2E4C44 #607873 #C9C0B4 #1C3054 #19302A #0D1A27
  • Bathhouse (1911): #DEC2A3 #807398 #B6A79B #73624E #544F72 #D2A882
  • Twins (1909): #151D25 #A9513A #608980 #F3F3EC #95AC97 #27303B
  • Cliff at Ahrenshoop (1911): #D49E6F #878BB9 #A96237 #C9843E #EFB853 #405893
  • Corpus Christi (1911): #284127 #121D32 #142548 #1E3769 #254A8B #3668B3
  • Police Station in Vilnius (1914): #181512 #6695CF #3B5897 #4677B8 #97B6DF #A22D33
  • Summer Stage (1910): #3F5687 #C2715D #E3C0B3 #253151 #101215 #D39B97
  • The Way of the Cross II (1927): #1F1D17 #525244 #784F3A #7B7864 #E7ECE8 #ACC7E6
  • After the Storm (1932): #13160F #3E3C2C #5A6756 #EBE7E5 #BBAC87 #807853
  • Ave Maria (1927): #A06F65 #AE333F #0B2747 #04090E #063D71 #B04B5C
  • Circus (Before the Performance) (1910): #493D66 #F9DA67 #8A4263 #AA546F #B5CCCA #DE4E1F
  • Female Figure (1909): #F0E9B9 #9FC95E #D59F75 #77B92C #BBC219 #3A9F13
  • Le Chiffonier (1917): #212120 #505C61 #415274 #243042 #5B6EA2 #804F51
  • Church of Saint Anne, Vilnius (1939): #456BA9 #6798D9 #A5B8E6 #9B3438 #732D35 #BD4747
  • The Factory (1910): #2E3337 #345183 #594A42 #B8C6D4 #2B3D63 #E6DE12
  • Selfportrait I (1910): #35120E #17688A #055F4E #7F5233 #5F5A35 #04427B
  • Women in Black (1910): #4A5470 #17253E #0A102A #0A0912 #686B6D #06091F
  • Into the Night (1910): #68666E #494E61 #25232A #765D5A #2A3449 #4E2D33
  • Tragic Mood (1909): #8B392F #612E2D #2F2124 #272F49 #634D57 #AD654B
  • Prerowstrom (1911): #793F1B #B86A1B #6BA1D5 #935E22 #4D5128 #809484
  • The Dancer Alexander Sakharoff (1909): #415489 #373F5F #2E3347 #ECEBEF #22242F #C2C6D9
  • Portrait of Vera Repin (1881): #B7AFA5 #1F1D1B #291914 #F1E7DF #3C3938 #827C75
  • Jawlensky in a Private Booth (1909): #0D1712 #5A8591 #E7DDCD #3B5857 #6F7952 #BEBD81
  • Autumn (1907): #101514 #85AE5D #E7DBC9 #243F66 #2F5389 #F57B32
  • Girl in Russian Costume: #171611 #F1E4C5 #EDC28C #BA302C #D5935C #B46A43
  • Ballroom (1908): #C25325 #C9B184 #908FA4 #AD320C #C38D5B #C06E44
  • Prerow Station (1911): #A78573 #997073 #B59DAB #314FA4 #60A9DE #762F2A
  • Rhythms (1910): #232C39 #4B5560 #443B33 #626E89 #458462 #1C1E26

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