Fauvism & Expressionism · 1911

Dead City III

Egon Schiele 1890–1918

Dead City III (1911) by Egon Schiele. Its palette is led by blue black (#11181f, 30%) and charcoal (#292721, 29%), with accents of golden umber and light sand. Overall the canvas is dark, muted and warm.

Color reading

Black and brown cover almost all of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, light sand #B2A07B, stays close to gray.

Palette

#11181f MG 221 blue black 30.2% of canvas
#292721 MG 222 charcoal 28.7% of canvas
#433623 MG 177 dark taupe 22.3% of canvas
#796a4b MG 183 golden umber 11.3% of canvas
#b2a07b MG 181 light sand 7.5% of canvas

Color families

Black 53%, Brown 42%, Blue 2%, Gray 1%, Yellow 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.33
Contrast: 0.47
Vividness: 0.022
Warmth: +0.98
Complexity: 169 cells
Hue range: 0.29
Focus: 0.12

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 54% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.61 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 18% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1911
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 37.3 × 29.8 cm
Genre: cityscape
Collection: Leopold Museum, Vienna

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