Fauvism & Expressionism · 1905

Henri Matisse

André Derain 1880–1954

Henri Matisse (1905) by André Derain. Its palette is led by rich orange ochre (#8f6116, 19%) and muted azure blue (#828e9c, 18%), with accents of reddish brown, bistre, muted green and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.

Color reading

Brown, orange and gray cover about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #AB3918, takes up 5% of it.

Palette

#8f6116 MG 178 rich orange ochre 19.0% of canvas
#828e9c MG 095 muted azure blue 17.5% of canvas
#ed9836 MG 028 light scarlet orange 15.4% of canvas
#897066 MG 153 reddish brown 12.7% of canvas
#6a7226 MG 197 rich olive 11.3% of canvas
#282a1e MG 219 bistre 11.2% of canvas
#3d5f4e MG 058 muted green 7.8% of canvas
#ab3918 MG 019 scarlet red 5.0% of canvas

Color families

Brown 42%, Orange 16%, Gray 11%, Yellow 8%, Blue 8%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.56
Contrast: 0.45
Vividness: 0.078
Warmth: +0.86
Complexity: 169 cells
Hue range: 0.56
Focus: 0.12

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 59% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.81 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 26% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 29% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1905
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 46.0 × 34.9 cm
Genre: portrait
Made in: French Third Republic
Collection: Tate, London

Download the pin · Save to Pinterest