Post-Impressionism · c. 1893
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier
Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier (c. 1893) by Paul Cézanne. Its palette is led by pewter (#8f938d, 37%) and dark grey (#5b6b6d, 20%), with accents of rich scarlet brown, scarlet orange, light amber gold and lime green. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Cézanne modelled form by shifting from warm to cool color rather than from light to dark, laying small, deliberate patches of color side by side.
Palette
- #8f938d MG 214 pewter 36.7% of canvas
- #5b6b6d MG 216 dark grey 20.1% of canvas
- #374645 MG 084 dark muted azure teal 14.2% of canvas
- #bec4bc MG 212 pale grey 11.8% of canvas
- #926335 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 6.8% of canvas
- #c6673a MG 026 scarlet orange 4.4% of canvas
- #b8a562 MG 037 light amber gold 4.1% of canvas
- #609357 MG 065 lime green 1.9% of canvas
Color families
Gray 51%, Brown 23%, Blue 8%, Green 7%, Yellow 5%
Measurements
Composition
54% of the visual weight is in the left half, 60% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.51 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 32% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 28% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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