Fauvism & Expressionism · 1890–1918 · Austrian

Egon Schiele

Across 4 works, the colors are mostly brown (58%), black (24%) and gray (6%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: blue black, charcoal, bone, dark taupe and dark reddish brown.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 222 charcoal 14.6% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 9.3% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 8.3% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 6.9% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 4.2% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 4.1% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.1% of canvas
• MG 155 dark reddish brown 3.0% of canvas
• MG 180 pale sand 2.9% of canvas
• MG 181 light sand 2.6% of canvas
• MG 182 golden umber 2.6% of canvas
• MG 168 dark amber brown 2.5% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.4% of canvas
• MG 167 brown 2.2% of canvas
• MG 183 golden umber 2.0% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 1.9% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.48

Contrast

0.52

Vividness

0.033

Warmth

+0.95

Complexity

193 cells

Hue range

0.43

Focus

0.06

Composition

Averaged over 4 works: 54% of the visual weight in the right half, 58% in the lower half; symmetry 0.45; 19% calm space; half of the detail in 31% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Dead City III, 1911
• Portrait of Wally, 1912
• Death and the Maiden, 1915
• The Family, 1918