Fauvism & Expressionism · 1912

Portrait of Wally

Egon Schiele 1890–1918

Portrait of Wally (1912) by Egon Schiele. Its palette is led by bone (#d6cdb9, 33%) and light sand (#baa68a, 23%), with accents of graphite, dark red and green. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Palette

• #d6cdb9 MG 171 bone 32.9% of canvas
• #baa68a MG 181 light sand 23.2% of canvas
• #1c1f1c MG 222 charcoal 21.1% of canvas
• #6c4329 MG 159 rich brown 9.9% of canvas
• #373e38 MG 218 graphite 8.2% of canvas
• #93301f MG 020 dark red 2.6% of canvas
• #236d32 MG 067 green 2.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 60%, Black 21%, White 9%, Gray 3%, Green 2%

Measurements

Lightness

0.59

Contrast

0.64

Vividness

0.034

Warmth

+0.96

Complexity

166 cells

Hue range

0.51

Focus

0.00

Details

Date

1912

Medium

Oil on panel

Size

32.0 × 39.8 cm

Genre

portrait

Collection

Leopold Museum, Vienna

More by Egon Schiele

• Dead City III, 1911
• Death and the Maiden, 1915
• The Family, 1918