Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1840–1916 · French

Odilon Redon

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (55%), gray (17%) and blue (9%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: muted red, reddish brown, reddish brown, sienna and dark crimson sienna.

Color print

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

• MG 153 reddish brown 6.4% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 5.2% of canvas
• MG 152 reddish brown 3.9% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 3.8% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 3.6% of canvas
• MG 012 muted red 3.3% of canvas
• MG 145 dark sienna 3.3% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 3.2% of canvas
• MG 158 rich orange brown 3.1% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 3.1% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 3.0% of canvas
• MG 154 reddish brown 2.9% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.8% of canvas
• MG 155 dark reddish brown 2.8% of canvas
• MG 209 cool grey 2.8% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 2.7% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.57

Contrast

0.42

Vividness

0.048

Warmth

+0.75

Complexity

123 cells

Hue range

0.59

Focus

0.08

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 51% of the visual weight in the left half, 53% in the lower half; symmetry 0.55; 32% calm space; half of the detail in 36% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Le Regard, 1910
• The Birth of Venus, 1912
• The Cyclops, 1914