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Friday, November 16, 2012

Palette Colors of the Masters

During my recent trip to Europe, I used the Brushes app on my iPad to capture the colors of works of masters like Cezanne, Courbet, Zurbarron, etc. These swatches are like the DNA of a masterpiece, and my attempt to synthesize complex, and often extremely large, compositions into a simpler, more understandable form.

It was an amazing (almost surreal) experience to be standing directly across from these works trying to penetrate and unravel their mystery, and my attempts often drew a curious crowd of museum visitors trying to sort out what was going on, and get their heads around the fact I was using my iPad to do it!

These are the color swatches I picked by eye and drew by hand in the Brushes app on my iPad while getting up close and personal to masterworks in some of the finest museums in Europe. 
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From Musee D'Orsay:
"Baigneuse A' La Vache Rouge"
Emile Bernard, 1887
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From Musee D'Orsay:
"Vue de Toits"
Gustave Caillebotte, 1878
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From Musee D'Orsay:
"Nature Morte A' La Bouilloure"
Cezanne, 1867-69
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From Musee D'Orsay:
"La Falaise D'Etrat Apres L'Orage"
Gustave Courbet, 1870
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From Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Madrid:
"Portrait of a Woman"
Lucas Cranach, 1539
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From Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía / Madrid:
"La Fabrica Dormida"
Daniel Vazquez Diaz, 1925 
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From Musée de l'Orangerie / Paris:
"Nympheas"
Monet, 1920-26
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From Musée de l'Orangerie / Paris:"Le Boeuf E'Corche"
Chaim Soutine, 1925 
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From Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Madrid:
"Santa Casilda"
Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640-45