Fauvism & Expressionism · 1915

Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele 1890–1918

Death and the Maiden (1915) by Egon Schiele. Its palette is led by dark taupe (#4c3b32, 27%) and bone (#beb9ac, 22%). Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about four-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, brown #7A5D3F, stays close to gray.

Palette

#4c3b32 MG 177 dark taupe 26.9% of canvas
#beb9ac MG 171 bone 21.6% of canvas
#7a5d3f MG 167 brown 19.1% of canvas
#a38b6c MG 182 golden umber 17.2% of canvas
#8b7457 MG 166 amber brown 15.3% of canvas

Color families

Brown 79%, Gray 12%, Green 3%, Yellow 2%, White 2%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.57
Contrast: 0.49
Vividness: 0.037
Warmth: +0.95
Complexity: 244 cells
Hue range: 0.40
Focus: 0.02

Composition

60% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.25 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 4% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 38% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1915
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 150.0 × 180.0 cm
Genre: allegory
Collection: Belvedere, Vienna

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