Fauvism & Expressionism · 1918

Alice

Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920

Alice (1918) by Amedeo Modigliani. Its palette is led by dark slate (#2c2e30, 31%) and muted azure blue (#788692, 27%), with accents of light grey. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and balanced between warm and cool.

Color reading

Gray covers more than three-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, reddish brown #966A50, takes up 11% of it.

Palette

#2c2e30 MG 211 dark slate 31.3% of canvas
#788692 MG 095 muted azure blue 26.6% of canvas
#585d63 MG 216 dark grey 24.4% of canvas
#966a50 MG 153 reddish brown 10.8% of canvas
#a5a8ac MG 213 light grey 6.8% of canvas

Color families

Gray 62%, Blue 14%, Brown 13%, Black 8%, Orange 2%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.49
Contrast: 0.40
Vividness: 0.022
Warmth: +0.23
Complexity: 142 cells
Hue range: 0.36
Focus: 0.11

Composition

57% of the visual weight is in the left half, 63% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.86 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 24% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 33% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1918
Medium: Oil
Size: 78.5 × 39.0 cm
Genre: portrait
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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