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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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Othon Friesz

Friesz brought structural rigor to Fauvist color. His landscapes blaze with saturated blues, greens, and oranges while maintaining a Cézannesque sense of form.

Palette: #896646 #A7ADA4 #D3BD95 #9A8C6F #BA9170 #D1A95E #BE7E3A #904626

  • Les Pommes (1915): #BFB59F #8E8D83 #5D6159 #A3795D #37454B #4A483E
  • Le Printemps (1913): #6B7458 #405246 #293926 #203630 #0F231D #655931
  • La Terrasse aux Plantes Vertes (1914): #1A2E25 #354229 #5D613E #394E4B #081713 #363218
  • Le Large: #B7BAB7 #81A3A7 #AF7D47 #3C363B #7E8587 #6A584E
  • Un Dimanche à Honfleur (1907) Mtl.197 (1907): #E8E2D8 #DAC2AC #585B5E #897671 #C39C82 #B67B52
  • The Harbour of le Havre (1921): #BCC8A6 #8EA58C #5B6F61 #A88C5E #3C3827 #655C40
  • Jardin à Honfleur (1902): #D0CBC3 #D6C893 #9AB6C6 #616EA0 #8CB05F #527C5F
  • Paysage sur la Terrasse (1909): #B8876E #CDCFD7 #50585C #935D50 #DBBE9A #9FA08A
  • Femme Allongée: #746B5E #4B4943 #BCA283 #95846C #383532 #6B563F
  • Interior (1914): #D5995E #45423A #A57248 #2D2B2A #6B6D57 #9C9177
  • Still Life with Brioches (1916-17): #41494B #DDC6AD #8F9890 #696F6A #BA9F89 #4A6E77
  • Mother's Love (1914): #45545A #CEAB93 #795A4D #5C7B86 #92AEB5 #9F755F
  • Entrée de Cassis (1909): #CFC5A6 #A39B85 #B18D56 #8C9CB2 #BFC4BC #6F7169
  • Le Bec de l'Aigle, la Ciotat (1907): #B89667 #DEDAD1 #C66956 #E7BC89 #455141 #DBBD5D
  • Port D'Anvers (1906): #C5C6B7 #54696E #CFC19F #899FA0 #969686 #614C42
  • Vue du Château Fallet (1907): #CFB89B #D9D4CE #D6B676 #D29677 #9AA68F #D0A254
  • LA Moisson: #423529 #A59070 #765A37 #32221C #645845 #4D3120
  • Les Baigneuses: #282E24 #51704E #A18F53 #6E673E #424B36 #2E7254
  • Landscape with Figures (1909): #716240 #C59C63 #DCCF9E #886F28 #735620 #A4892D
  • O Friesz la Chaumière à Fontaine-La-Mallet (1901): #DACA87 #656117 #854C11 #444B15 #C6A872 #D5802A
  • O Friesz le Havre (1906): #D2DCEA #0A100E #A38D7F #728289 #A8B1BC #635A53
  • Paysage à la Ciotat (1907): #CABA97 #D0CFC1 #928C63 #D9CC88 #B68961 #715936
  • Le Travail à L'Automne (1907-08): #4A4948 #6F7B76 #756A62 #A5907B #A2A4A2 #BC8C5E
  • The Bathers of Andelys (1908): #616755 #473924 #D4BA8E #AE865B #12161E #7E6E4B
  • Honfleur.: #E2CAAA #88633E #7D8066 #B69067 #ACA98C #603C1F
  • Autumn Work (1908): #4D4D4D #898E8B #A5927E #6C4F48 #B7885B #906955
  • Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen (1908): #C0ADA9 #958380 #605456 #C88A6C #906C5B #32282C
  • The Harbour in Honfleur (1907): #BFB195 #5D5E5F #939795 #928372 #26272C #37434B
  • The Regatta at Antwerp (1906): #DED6C6 #8D887E #E7D0A0 #101A0F #464F4D #562E17
  • Baigneuses (1925): #8C7255 #C8A884 #5C4B38 #404435 #6D422C #AC794C
  • Conversation Sous la Colline (1924): #A5926E #4A452E #6E6449 #333022 #856942 #203224
  • La Mer à St Malo (1940): #A1A981 #6C8B6B #E4C583 #C0B881 #C0A362 #4F6B4E
  • La Volière (1928): #A29476 #54503D #887053 #D1C2A3 #B78B64 #5C6C5D
  • Landschaft mit Blick auf den Mont Victoire: #41594E #B4B19D #747764 #12342D #A98968 #363624
  • Méounes (1925): #C8A187 #9D7362 #7B7265 #4E4F4B #90928D #714E45
  • Port Normand: #C6C8B9 #6D5033 #787766 #A8A590 #D5B485 #9F764B
  • Stillleben mit Früchten und Tulpen: #AAA58E #7B8F8D #C9AE52 #2F5D88 #1C457A #52322D
  • Port de Rouen: #D1C9A9 #A59970 #747253 #CEB060 #ECD491 #8E8848
  • Le Havre Port (1903): #2E5561 #073745 #474E50 #1B2B34 #181F24 #65898D
  • Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen (1908): #ABB3AD #6C726A #383B37 #C28740 #DFE2CF #74653B
  • Autumn Work (1908): #4F4C4C #757873 #A6A6A2 #C5AB85 #90654E #405E58
  • The Harbour in Honfleur (1907): #C3B599 #9F9D93 #8B7F6F #575859 #AF8A6F #2E3844
  • Vue du Château Fallet (1907): #CEB99B #DBD4CE #D4B57A #D19478 #D0A459 #67877A
  • The Bathers of Andelys (1908): #141718 #363D39 #DEC79B #65633D #A17D55 #998F73
  • Scene in a Parisian Brasserie (1905): #7B7F7B #3E4948 #7E4B2F #6C5B4E #B2B2A1 #473327
  • The Broad: #BDC1BE #7EA2A8 #A1A39E #B07D47 #5B5455 #3A3438
  • Sunday in Honfleur (1907): #ECE4D6 #CFB9AA #363A41 #666567 #BB9178 #AA7154
  • Spring (1913): #6A7359 #465545 #2A3F35 #14281F #2D3C27 #58512A
  • Terrace with Palms (1914): #1B2F25 #3B462C #5C6243 #394D48 #061611 #2A351E
  • The Lady on the Terrace (1914): #B19171 #3C5349 #767C6B #836951 #4C483E #BFB59D
  • Still Life with Apples (1915): #A6A091 #D7C9B0 #5E625B #807F75 #A17559 #504A3D
  • Mother's Love (1914): #485F68 #845F4F #BF9D86 #8FACB3 #8D7666 #384046
  • Still Life with Brioches (1916): #414A4C #8A9088 #DBC4AA #656C67 #BFC0B6 #BB9782
  • Interior (1914): #D6995F #3D3C35 #A77348 #856F47 #684433 #E8D7B8
  • The Sunken Road in Winter (1913): #61665C #A08771 #3D4A48 #798A84 #CEAD8C #D7CBB7
  • The Harbour of le Havre (1921): #B1BF9F #7C9580 #5B6E5F #A98D5F #49422D #455146
  • Flowers (Tulips and Daisies) (1910): #B6C85E #9FAB71 #435033 #1E2317 #596A28 #768A2F
  • Le Vieux Bassin du Havre, le Soir (1903): #14323F #254B5C #0F1F28 #407A8D #3D4D53 #8F8E86
  • Bassin des Yachts à Sainte-Anne, Anvers (1906): #B8BEC4 #7F868D #313D42 #525651 #485E6A #766864
  • Femme à la Chaise Longue (1907): #2F6070 #AEB5B8 #857374 #A58B69 #728484 #815758
  • Maison, la Ciotat (1907): #B2B3BA #80848D #436777 #134250 #5E515C #BAA38D
  • The Top Class of the Medrano Circus (1909): #76766D #50493E #9A7D51 #B2ABA0 #424D50 #272D2F

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