Symbolism & Aestheticism · 1917

Woman With a Fan

Gustav Klimt 1862–1918

Woman With a Fan (1917) by Gustav Klimt. Its palette is led by light orange amber (#caa35e, 20%) and pale golden yellow (#e2c259, 18%), with accents of amber brown, cool grey, light muted green and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, vivid and warm.

Color note

In his “golden phase” Klimt applied real gold leaf, inspired by the Byzantine mosaics he saw in Ravenna in 1903. The Kiss and the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer are its best-known works.

Palette

#caa35e MG 032 light orange amber 20.2% of canvas
#e2c259 MG 041 pale golden yellow 17.9% of canvas
#a47c5e MG 165 amber brown 14.8% of canvas
#65787f MG 209 cool grey 14.7% of canvas
#393434 MG 218 graphite 12.8% of canvas
#dbc29f MG 180 pale sand 10.1% of canvas
#9ba592 MG 055 light muted green 5.5% of canvas
#c75d56 MG 017 scarlet red 3.9% of canvas

Color families

Yellow 35%, Brown 30%, Gray 12%, Orange 7%, Blue 6%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.66
Contrast: 0.48
Vividness: 0.072
Warmth: +0.91
Complexity: 247 cells
Hue range: 0.57
Focus: 0.00

Composition

52% of the visual weight is in the left half, 52% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.61 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 3% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 37% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1917
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 100.2 × 100.2 cm
Collection: private collection

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