Hudson River School · 1801–1848 · American

Thomas Cole

Across 4 works, the colors are mostly brown (44%), white (15%) and gray (14%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: ivory, silver, pale muted azure blue, pale grey and olive.

Color print

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

• MG 200 ivory 6.4% of canvas
• MG 206 silver 6.4% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 5.9% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 5.2% of canvas
• MG 219 bistre 4.3% of canvas
• MG 220 warm black 4.2% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 3.6% of canvas
• MG 201 parchment 3.5% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 3.2% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 3.0% of canvas
• MG 156 dark reddish brown 3.0% of canvas
• MG 157 very dark reddish brown 2.7% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 2.5% of canvas
• MG 194 dark golden olive 2.4% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 2.4% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 2.4% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.57

Contrast

0.68

Vividness

0.036

Warmth

+0.97

Complexity

139 cells

Hue range

0.45

Focus

0.14

Composition

Averaged over 4 works: 56% of the visual weight in the left half, 53% in the upper half; symmetry 0.32; 33% calm space; half of the detail in 27% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill), 1825
• The Titan's Goblet, 1833
• The Oxbow, 1836
• The Architect's Dream, 1840