Cézanne, Apples, Bottles and Chairback
Cézanne, Apples, Bottles and Chairback: Pigment analysis and relevant information pertaining to this watercolor.
Van Gogh, The Schoolboy
Vincent van Gogh, The Schoolboy: Pigment analysis of this portrait of Camille Roulin, son of the Arles postman, Joseph Roulin.
Van Gogh, Landscape with Couple Walking and Crescent Moon
Van Gogh, Landscape with Couple Walking and Crescent Moon was painted in San Rémy in Provence during van Gogh’s stay in the mental hospital.
Van Gogh, The Stone Bench in the Asylum at Saint-Rémy
Van Gogh, The Stone Bench in the Asylum at Saint-Rémy is one of the works painted during the stay of the artist in the hospital Saint Paul.
Renoir, Woman Tying Her Shoe
Renoir, Woman tying her shoe is one of the last paintings by Renoir. The pigment analysis gives insight into artist’s painting technique.
Amedeo Modigliani, Self-Portrait
Amedeo Modigliani, Self-Portrait 1919 Paintings sorted by Historical period | Painter | Subject matter | Pigments used Search for: Overview Medium: Oil Support: Canvas Size: 100 cm x 64,5 cm Art period: Expressionism, Fauvism Museum of Contemporary...
Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles
Van Gogh, Bedroom in Arles: the pigment analysis shows the use of chrome yellow, cobalt blue, and vermilion among other pigments.
Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne
Amadeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne: the pigment analysis of this softly glowing and swiftly executed portrait of the artist’s wife in her pregnancy.
Picasso, The Blue Room
Pablo Picasso, ‘The Blue Room’ is a work from his Blue period. The recent scientific analysis discovered a hidden portrait of a man beneath the surface of the painting.
Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player
‘Malevich, Painterly Realism of a Football Player’ is a bold and dynamic composition which is one of the first and most important abstract paintings.
Monet, The Gare Saint-Lazare
Monet, ‘The Gare Saint-Lazare’ is one of twelve paintings with the same subject. The rather special painting technique is described in the following text.
Sisley, The Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi
Sisley, The Watering Place at Marly-le-Roi: the pigment analysis revealed a limited palette of cobalt blue, red lake, viridian red ochre and chrome yellow.
Pissarro, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood
Pissarro, Fox Hill, Upper Norwood is one of the paintings executed during the stay of the painter in London. It was painted rapidly using the wet-in-wet technique.
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child
The Sick Child is one of Munch’s early works. The pigment analysis reveals an exceedingly rich palette and elaborate handling of colour.
Edvard Munch, Madonna
The pigment analysis shows that Munch used a multitude of old and modern pigments to achieve the expressive colour harmony.
Monet, The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil
The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil is painted with mixtures of bright pigments having a much duller appearance than the pure pigments themselves.
Henri Matisse, Portrait of André Derain
Matisse, Portrait of André Derain is a mature work showing intricate colour relationships between the figure and the background.
Malevich, Suprematist Painting
Malevich explored pure light and pure colour by choosing pigments according to the light spectrum and employing optical phenomena.
Manet, Corner of a Café-Concert
Manet, Corner of a Café-Concert: A thorough analysis brought to light that this painting was originally part of a bigger composition which was later cut by Manet himself into two parts.
Pissarro, The Côte des Boeufs at L’Hermitage
Pissarro, The Côte des Boeufs at L’Hermitage: the pigment analysis shows an intricate use of colour with subdued tonalities and few strong accents.
Renoir, At the Theatre
Renoir, At the Theatre: the pigment analysis revealed a complex and varied brushwork and the pigments usually employed by the Impressionsts.
Pissarro, The Avenue, Sydenham
Pissarro, The Avenue Sydenham is painted in a style known as ‘peinture claire’ showing light tones and low contrast achieved by use of white pigments.
Cézanne, Bay of l’Estaque
Pigment analysis of ‘Bay of l’Estaque’ revealed Cézanne’s rich palette with three different green, three different yellow and two different blue pigments.
Morisot, Summer’s Day
A Summer’s Day by Berthe Morisot is a beautiful example of an outdoor scene in Bois de Boulogne which was one of her favourite subjects.
Edvard Munch, The Scream
‘The scream’, a haunting image of a figure standing on a bridge. One of the most celebrated and recognized paintings in the history of Art.
Claude Monet, Bathers at La Grenouillère
Bathing at La Grenouillère is a seminal work by C. Monet constituting a turning point in his development of a spontaneous painting technique ‘en plein air’.
Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
‘La Grande Jatte’ was painted according to the most advanced colour theories of Seurat’s time and it is the most important work of pointillism.
Van Gogh, The Pink Orchard
One of the triptych of orchards painted in Arles and at least partly inspired by Japanese prints. The red and yellow organic pigments have faded with time.
Van Gogh, A Wheatfield with Cypresses
The pigment analysis of ‘Wheatfield with Cypresses’ which was painted by Van Gogh in the last year of his life and is one of his most famous landscapes.
Cézanne, Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan
‘The chestnut trees’ is an unusual view of Jas de Bouffan, Cézanne’s country villa and is a fully representative example of the artist’s mature period.
Renoir, La Yole
Learn about Renoir’s pigments and his painting technique in this impressionist painting of boating on the Seine.