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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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Walter Osborne

Walter Frederick Osborne was an Irish impressionist and Post-Impressionism landscape and portrait painter, best known for his documentary depictions of late 19th century working class life. He also produced city-scapes, which he painted from both sketches and photographs.

Palette: #56452F #37291D #A9895C #D4C3A8 #776043 #AFA082 #8B5B30 #522C15

  • Return from Galway Market (1894): #AFAE96 #D4D0B8 #878D5A #87867A
  • An October Morning (1885): #967961 #D4BDA4 #725845 #523C30 #332620
  • Feeding the Chickens (1885): #7E725C #AFA69E #443932 #584E34 #AA9772 #D9D3CD
  • Portrait of John William Scharff (B.1895) (1895): #161412 #342316 #59482F #9B8A61 #7C6B47 #7A5431
  • Portrait of Lady Armstrong (Née Ferrard) (1897): #1A1A19 #3B2E23 #795A31 #55422D #D8B993 #AE8D66
  • Portrait of Mrs Chadwyck-Healey and Her Daughter (1900): #301C1F #C4C3AC #9B957D #1F161C #80765E #473732
  • Portrait of Mrs Geale-Wybrants: #171412 #46351F #312316 #E1D2B5 #C4A782 #A3815F
  • Portrait of Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), Author (1885): #1B191A #77624A #32261F #4F4133 #9A876D #3D342A
  • Portrait of a Gentleman (1897): #503C2C #382D21 #241E18 #CB9E73 #7F674D #95876F
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1890): #331D13 #181412 #822E19 #672515 #251914 #4A2918
  • The Dolls' School (1900): #796C58 #A19277 #C7B596 #49474A #50443B #252735
  • Ngi Cr (1889): #C9AA74 #8C662E #63461B #3B2B14 #201811 #997B4D
  • Summertime (1901): #443D25 #8A7A4C #2C2718 #505B1D #5A6340 #715D37
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Biblioteca Marsh (1898): #654C2C #3D3430 #D3CFCB #AD9C7D #615A53 #848080
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Capre in Un Campo, 1895 Ca (ca. 1895): #885C2E #E3CFBA #4D4630 #563F17 #BD8759 #6B3915
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Il Mercato del Pesce, Patrick Street (1893): #1E1E23 #B08F5A #725F54 #3C3433 #E3D8BD #866130
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Madre e Bambino, 1895 Ca (ca. 1895): #312D39 #977C56 #DDD2C4 #372627 #BAA785 #5D4C50
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Mucche in Un Campo, 1895 Ca (ca. 1895): #E0E0DB #85593B #362C1D #11100D #5B321C #B5C0C6
  • Walter Frederick Osborne, Thè in Giardino (1902): #9EABAA #585E5A #303838 #6E8178 #1B1F17 #080B0E
  • J.b.s. Macilwaine, Artista e Inventore, 1892 Cane (1892): #BE8847 #896743 #9D5F23 #3F3021 #988C55 #7D4218
  • Raccolta Delle Mele, Quimperlé (1883): #9E6023 #695D1F #D2AB79 #733A10 #4C4118 #8C7246
  • Strade di Dublino, Un Venditore di Libri (1889): #B4854A #705739 #D1D8DA #4C3722 #8C5620 #1B130E
  • Strade di Dublino, Un Venditore di Libri (1889): #81582E #2D1E12 #482A11 #A77744 #F2D5B1 #CDA677
  • When the Boats Come In: #897C59 #C5BDAB #51442F #A39E84 #6E5B3B #36332C
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1890): #321D13 #181412 #7F2D19 #632917 #462B1A #735533
  • In a Dublin Park, Light and Shade (1895): #1A1D20 #736C47 #33342B #ADA378 #59472F #413525
  • Dublin Streets: a Vendor of Books (1889): #DCC7B0 #94836B #463930 #685A48 #1C1317 #312422
  • Women on a Galway Quayside (1893): #C3C0A8 #948467 #655847 #9CA092 #442B24 #60382B
  • Portrait of Mrs G.w. Yeates (1891): #161413 #372517 #543A22 #C09F76 #A27F59 #765739
  • Portrait of Mrs Geale-Wybrants: #161412 #402F1C #DECDAE #2B1F15 #937252 #61462D
  • Portrait of Lady Armstrong (Née Ferrard) (1897): #1C1B19 #3C2F23 #7A5A30 #544029 #B08C66 #DBBD97
  • Portrait of a Gentleman (1897): #4F3C2B #3A3023 #2C2219 #A78C6C #D1A174 #795638
  • The Four Courts, Dublin: #4A3C2E #685947 #CFC1A7 #30241B #85796B #A49885
  • Modenke Verhoft: #7E6E50 #1F1E1B #3D3426 #5A4C35 #41494C #818686
  • Portrait of John William Scharff (B.1895) (1895): #131211 #302014 #98885F #5A4F37 #4F3820 #765331
  • A Landscape with Cattle (1892): #DBD0BC #6D6032 #A28960 #4A4122 #442214 #BFAB89
  • Estuary at Walberswick (1884): #AEBFD0 #B0A484 #8C9CAA #D3C1A6 #746752 #4A3D31
  • An October Morning (1885): #91764C #BCB48B #795D30 #523926 #251814 #644520
  • Cherry Ripe (1889): #684935 #EFEADB #463120 #9F623F #A08269 #2C1E14
  • Theodore Stack (1890): #1D1A17 #2F2217 #3B270F #4E310E #B47E4A #895831
  • Summertime (1901): #453F28 #302916 #6F6843 #525C1E #9B885A #76832D
  • Portrait of Charles Edward Osborne (1856-1936), Curate and Artist's Brother (1900): #1D1A19 #36261E #8F5E42 #A87D5A #6E4531
  • Portrait of Violet Osborne (1866-1893), Artist's Sister (1885): #B19F84 #6A5541 #362E29 #937352 #4C3D31 #C1A67B
  • Portrait of Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), Author (1885): #191719 #796249 #2E241F #4A3A2B #9E8B6F
  • Portrait of Mrs Chadwyck-Healey and Her Daughter (1900): #301C1F #C5C4AE #97917A #1E161C #746A56 #493A33
  • The Lustre Jug: #463627 #B5AA8F #665541 #887D69 #8D714C #A69065
  • Self-Portrait: #55391A #494434 #402E19 #BB8D68 #81542E #0F1212
  • Portrait of Thomas W. Moffett, President, Queen's College, Galway (D.1906) (1906): #372D26 #5A3E31 #232220 #B68E6A #816045 #873526
  • Portrait of Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Poet and Scholar (1913): #28292A #171615 #2E221A #C2976F #523C2C #876446
  • Saint Patrick's Close, Dublin: #5C4935 #B3AC8E #3B2E23 #221E1A #6F6956 #DCD0A9
  • A View of Hastings: #795C44 #4F3928 #CEC6BE #BB926B #34241A #857363
  • Portrait of J.b.s. Macilwaine (1857-1945), Artist And (1892): #494727 #A59E50 #9D8D5B #71643E #757636 #4E3019
  • Portrait of Sir Thomas Drew (1838-1910), Architect (1891): #56452E #3B2C1F #786549 #241B16 #B5845E #956544
  • Portrait of Gerald Fitzgibbon, Lord Justice of Appeal (1894): #231D19 #AE825F #7B573E #553A2A #121313 #D4BB98
  • Portrait of Nathaniel Hone (1831-1917), Artist: #362E1D #211A13 #734D2E #4F311D #B27947
  • When the Boats Come In (1892): #897B58 #C4BDAB #554731 #383224 #A29E86

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