Steamboats in the Port of Rouen

Camille Pissarro 1830–1903

Steamboats in the Port of Rouen (1896) by Camille Pissarro. Its palette is led by bone (#d7cec6, 54%) and oatmeal (#b6ab9d, 22%), with accents of graphite. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.

Color reading

Brown and gray cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, reddish brown #6B564D, stays close to gray.

Palette

#d7cec6 MG 171 bone 54.4% of canvas
#b6ab9d MG 172 oatmeal 21.7% of canvas
#8e7b71 MG 174 warm grey 13.6% of canvas
#6b564d MG 154 reddish brown 7.2% of canvas
#393034 MG 218 graphite 3.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 44%, Gray 29%, White 25%, Black 1%, Red 1%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.75
Contrast: 0.46
Vividness: 0.021
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 127 cells
Hue range: 0.40
Focus: 0.07

Composition

50% of the visual weight is in the right half, 77% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.60 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 53% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 25% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1896
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 45.7 × 54.6 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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