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Walter Sickert

Walter Richard Sickert was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century.

Palette: #A0835F #704F33 #4A3626 #5A4D3B #552714 #925C20 #772C17 #DFC78A

  • Easter Monday-Hélène Daurmont (1906): #333227 #676B4D #211E14 #523C29 #4F503C #8F8C6E
  • George Moore (1890): #3C6435 #1D231C #284A30 #090B09 #BD9D1A #1D3827
  • Café des Tribunaux, Dieppe (ca. 1890): #492E25 #0E0D0A #2E221C #8B5214 #5D4C37 #775028
  • Ennui (ca. 1914): #7D7555 #453429 #6F462D #291F1C #615C4A #573421
  • Roquefort (ca. 1919-20): #BDAC80 #D5A55D #D2CFBF #9C7A47 #B87F2D #92875F
  • The Front at Hove (Turpe Senex Miles Turpe Senilis Amor) (1930): #879FB2 #949393 #737266 #C4BCB2 #A8A189 #504D47
  • Aubrey Beardsley (1894): #816A4F #4B453E #655E53 #625441 #BAB09D
  • Jacques-Emile Blanche (ca. 1910): #0A0907 #7E5D27 #40392C #221D18 #644525 #625738
  • Les Arcades de la Poissonnerie, Dieppe (ca. 1900): #433733 #2A201D #E3CEB6 #1C1512 #6F645A #D0B082
  • Baccarat - the Fur Cape (1920): #836048 #594539 #945F40 #9A9C7F #76673D #696356
  • Pierrot and Woman Embracing (ca. 1901): #9B8870 #50473A #716350
  • The Little Tea Party: Nina Hamnett and Roald Kristian (1915): #0C0A09 #BBA08A #472E26 #896248 #A47E54 #5A2225
  • Two Women on a Sofa - le Tose (ca. 1903): #504A3A #372F28 #6F694B #644036 #24221E #9E945C
  • Study for ‘l’Armoire à Glace (1922): #926D48 #654935 #B28856 #49362B
  • L’Armoire à Glace (1924): #6D6246 #71503F #4B4433 #533B2E #8F8466 #9D7058
  • Off to the Pub (1911): #473330 #796047 #A28455 #5C453E #885E21 #714F29
  • St Mark’s, Venice (Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus) (1896): #AFC694 #20241E #686635 #404635 #0D0E0B #88925B
  • The New Bedford (ca. 1914): #473524 #805934 #634827 #5D3124 #30251A #A68252
  • Harold Gilman (ca. 1912): #6B4D44 #94755F #533937 #B48B5E #7E5B40 #C3A68C
  • Sir Alec Martin, Kbe (1935): #C3BDB0 #798079 #9F9687 #6B6457 #BCAF91 #8A795E
  • Claude Phillip Martin (1935): #656861 #7F6759 #CAC0A9 #A39682 #8B8476 #5F4D46
  • The Servant of Abraham (1929): #76663E #AEA578 #5B4E32 #756B5A #918654 #BBBFA6
  • Minnie Cunningham at the Old Bedford (1892): #493D31 #67302A
  • Miss Earhart’s Arrival (1932): #72827F #B8BEB6 #3C5E67 #87A3AE #1E536C #193C4B
  • The Seducer (ca. 1929-30): #A89559 #77735D #74623C #504A3A #908157 #503D26
  • Variation on Peggy (1934): #8D9897 #767B63 #99756D #66624F #7F6E5F #3E362D
  • Brighton Pierrots (1915): #71654B #4F3E2F #5F6E68 #333430 #6D3C2F #5C5549
  • Bemberg Fondation Toulouse- the Pit at the Old Bedford (1889): #AC8B67 #383434 #716255 #554943 #7A7C7D #202024
  • Chopin (1914): #6E6462 #CCB57F #3D4256 #55453D #352C2C #978676
  • Le Mont de Neuville Dieppe: #7B5F52 #AE8F75 #C1B4B4 #9E9091 #583E38 #37221A
  • Maestoso con Sentimento (1912-13): #272E37 #756247 #726E6A #13181C #B9B5B0 #48433D
  • Dawn Camden Town (arou): #8E6F51 #614D3A #B0AC93 #7A7C69 #423325 #BA9A78
  • Harold Gilman Portrait By (1912): #461B1C #683C38 #926048 #B79280 #713C27 #C9976B
  • Jacques-Émile Blanche, Portrait de en Jack L'Éventreur (2024): #6E5632 #41331C #2B2317 #907143 #744223 #1B1812
  • Green and Violet: Mrs. (1943): #1D1F18 #35301E #595132 #8F7A50 #9BA18B #B9A67C
  • James Mcneill Whistler, Bolzzetto del Ritratto DI (2020): #AB8665 #401F21 #1B0B0D #CBB6A1 #96613D #5E353A
  • La Gaiete Rochechouart (1906): #2C2628 #7B5E31 #47382F #5C3D2A #605038 #B08839
  • Maple Street, London: #4B3B2B #423C3F #322A23 #5F5147 #826D5B #A16B4E
  • Portrait of Cicely Hey By (1923): #815621 #633F1C #47291A #250F13 #5E4034 #561F1E
  • Reclining Nude (Thin Adeline) (1906): #49342F #9B938E #77645D #272223 #8B8061 #714E44
  • Ennui, Second Version (1914): #C2A878 #634532 #8A6148 #38231D #99866F #A98A5B
  • (1860-1942)-Vue de l'Hotel Royal, Vers (ca. 1860-1942): #6E695E #9B938D #A2795F #564E47 #888064 #BA9A7A
  • The Antique Shop: #564644 #847068 #362A2A #BBA496 #805E4D #CD8258
  • The New Bedford: #A86410 #753C0C #CE8D21 #E0AA3E #6E1C06 #B9431A
  • Vesta Victoria at the Old Bedford: #40311C #614F2C #7C6E42 #96894E #281C11 #ACA669
  • Walter Richard Sickert1 (2019): #7F7A35 #3D421E #A59A4C #555D30 #739356 #BB642C
  • Seascape (1887): #756959 #A48A61 #84827D #5F4F31 #BEAB7F #8B5E17
  • Par J e Blanche (1898): #4F4648 #312E2F #775B5A #F2DEC6 #AA6C5B #DA9E70
  • Walter Richard Sickert, I Pierrot di Brighton (1915): #956F3D #4A2C14 #69401A #A67734 #CBA262 #71766D
  • Walter Richard Sickert, I Pierrot di Brighton (1915): #5B3F2D #6D2E19 #94734D #BD754F #411C0C #B98732
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Il Fronte a Hove (Turpe Senex Miles Turpe Senilis Amor) (1930): #B4BBDE #371D0F #A59386 #8C94B2 #937142 #543217
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Il Fronte a Hove (Turpe Senex Miles Turpe Senilis Amor), 1930 Cropped (1930): #B2BADE #87766B #8792B0 #D1BE91 #576889 #60583A
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Interno di San Marco, Venezia (1895-96): #6B4821 #452F16 #9D652A #B38956 #2E1B08 #8D6940
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Lazzaro Rompe Il Suo Digiuno, Autoritratto, 1927 Ca (ca. 1927): #C98231 #8D5823 #906941 #5D3F21 #0D0802 #5B290D
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Miss Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies e Isabella di Francia (1932): #D5AF91 #814E2D #B18161 #664B38 #37271A #5B3115
  • Walter Richard Sickert, Variazione su Peggy (1934-35): #AF9161 #C2774D #D2B9AC #160C06 #90582C #6B3913
  • Веер: #897D7A #551015 #755838 #5E5248 #5E3425 #B19174
  • Maple Street, London (1915): #4D3F2F #423B3D #746253 #352C23 #9F6B4D #AC957E
  • The Antique Shop (1906): #594745 #836F69 #332A29 #BAA69B #A58065 #CD7E53
  • Portrait of the Artist's First Wife, Née Ellen Cobden (1893): #221A12 #372616 #120D09 #563A20 #825D39 #AE875E
  • Les Petites Belges (Young Belgian Women) (1906): #20201C #54593B #3F4336 #35211C #472D25 #14120E
  • Portrait of Rear Admiral Walter Lumsden, C.i.e., C.v.o. (1927): #0A1113 #3B470B #767715 #2B370F #B5A145 #6F300D
  • Baccarat, Dieppe (1920): #82575C #35353B #585A50 #1E1C2D #5B3D3C #715439
  • Dieppe (1900): #7B7157 #52463C #605135 #997F50
  • Envermeu (1924): #718A52 #99A358 #E3DCBA #CFBF5C #BBB67B #9C9767
  • Portrait of Israel Zangwill (1897): #0A0704 #322210 #544022 #211407 #786741
  • La Rue Pecquet, Dieppe (1908): #6F5043 #856B48 #4E2E24 #B19467 #623A24 #4F453E
  • Seascape (1887): #766B5C #AC966C #5F5137 #9E7548 #8C5F20 #5B4514
  • Corner of St Mark's, Venice (1901): #29150E #9A785B #674F3F #89848C #462E21 #7F5535
  • Winston Churchill (1927): #564A2F #84755E #AFA89A #73817A #B69478 #393C2A
  • Ennui (1914): #8B7E6D #4C3F38 #75533E #322C2A #695C51 #354044
  • A View of a London Town House (1944): #4A3917 #B18046 #8D6E43 #D9C6A8 #6B5229 #332509
  • The Venetian Shawl (la Carolina) (1903): #23272E #827367 #C9B39A #434246 #5E4C3F #2F2722
  • Le Mont de Neuville Dieppe (1887): #75594D #A0846E #C3B6B5 #A39799 #52362F #C5A487
  • Chopin (1914): #CBB27C #685B56 #3B4054 #473A36 #8E7965 #666B78
  • The Juvenile Lead (1908): #08060A #1F201C #343623 #4E4D2E #83764C #272612
  • Variation on Peggy (1934): #A99268 #D6BDAF #935C31 #C5704B #62330F #765E37
  • Jack the Ripper's Bedroom (1908): #372C2A #271D1B #726058 #91827A #BDAFA6 #542D1D
  • Little Dot Hetherington at the Old Bedford (1888): #05010A #331922 #210D18 #523333 #130715 #4C1E24
  • Gatti’s Hungerford Palace of Varieties. Second Turn of Katie Lawrence (1888): #322B23 #1E1813 #3A231B #534738 #5A3126 #887657
  • La Rue Pecquet, Dieppe, France (1900): #6B5843 #4A3C30 #2C231E #CDA97E #A18564 #3D2F22
  • La Rue Notre Dame and the Quai Duquesne (1900): #926F50 #6A4C37 #6B7079 #C1A37F #513624 #57443E
  • The Horses of St Mark's, Venice (1905): #725C42 #4E3C2D #342922 #3F3F46 #AD936D #211812
  • Noctes Ambrosionae (1906): #36302B #5B492D #24211F #2A2217 #594E43 #151311
  • The Basket Shop, Rue St Jean, Dieppe (1911): #3B2419 #C59975 #614430 #876648 #8B9FAB #471907
  • Il Cannaregio (1935): #634F3E #BFB298 #917961 #3C2E22 #A2917B #251E17
  • Hampstead (1913): #41483C #407D61 #382F28 #757167 #3F6125 #80714B
  • Pimlico (1937): #C5B6A1 #928069 #120B03 #675640 #423421 #281C0E
  • La Gaiete Rochechouart (1906): #2B2528 #735831 #46362D #5C3F2A #5B4C38 #B28A39
  • The Music Hall (1889): #242023 #3D3326 #141317 #482717 #5F2910 #843419
  • The Camden Town Murder Series No. 1. (1908): #695F52 #2D2728 #161318 #9A8B71 #573827 #483E39
  • Saint Rémy (1910): #180B07 #543624 #361F15 #715241 #482510 #281108

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