Edvard Munch, Old Man in Warnemünde
1907Paintings sorted by Historical period | Painter | Subject matter | Pigments used
Overview
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 110 x 85 cm
Date: 1907
Art movement: Expressionism
‘Old Man in Warnemünde’ in Munch Museum in Oslo is a late work from the period during which Munch lived in Warnemünde on the German Baltic coast.
The pigment analysis revealed a palette consisting of artificial ultramarine, cobalt yellow, cadmium green, viridian, caput mortuum, and indigo.
Pigments
Pigment Analysis
This pigment analysis is based on the work of Irina Sandu and her coworkers (1).
1 Green foliage: cadmium green
2 Yellow part of the tree: cobalt yellow
3 Blue: artificial ultramarine
4 Orange spot: orange ochre (Terra ercolano)
5 Turquoise spot: viridian mixed with lead white
6 Dark blue: artificial ultramarine
7 Red spot on the ground: caput mortuum
References
(1) H Deborah, JS Ferrer, ICA Sandu, S George, JY Hardeberg, Old Man in Warnemünde (1907) colouring palette: A case study on the use of hyperspectral imaging for pigment identification, Color and Imaging Conference 2017 (25), 339-344.
(2) Ferrer J.S., Sandu I.C.A., Syversen T., Cardoso A.M., Candeias A., Borca C.N. (2019) Investigating Colour Changes in Red and Blue Paints – A Preliminary Study of Art Materials and Techniques in Edvard Munch’s Old Man in Warnemünde (1907). In: van den Berg K. et al. (eds) Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19254-9_15
Pigments Used in This Painting
Resources
Videos
Video: 'Edvard Munch, A collection of 1640 works' by LearnFromMasters
Video: 'Edvard Munch, The Life of an Artist' by Artists in the School
Publications and Websites
Publications
(1) H Deborah, JS Ferrer, ICA Sandu, S George, JY Hardeberg, Old Man in Warnemünde (1907) colouring palette: A case study on the use of hyperspectral imaging for pigment identification, Color and Imaging Conference 2017 (25), 339-344
(2) Johan H. Langaard and Sigurd Willoch, Edvard Munch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965. Available online and as pdf.
(3) Ferrer J.S., Sandu I.C.A., Syversen T., Cardoso A.M., Candeias A., Borca C.N. (2019) Investigating Colour Changes in Red and Blue Paints – A Preliminary Study of Art Materials and Techniques in Edvard Munch’s Old Man in Warnemünde (1907). In: van den Berg K. et al. (eds) Conservation of Modern Oil Paintings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19254-9_15
(4) Plahter, Unn. “Munch’s Paintings: Scientific Research Both Recent and in Retrospect.” Public paintings by Edvard Munch and his contemporaries – change and conservation challenges, Archeype Publications (2015): 3–35.
