Palette No. 1 from Thatslikewhoa.com
In more than one place on the internet I’ve recently seen images purportedly of famous artists’ actual working palettes. I am not certain of the original source or even whether these are authentic artifacts.
Palette No. 2 on Thatslikewhoa.com
If you are a better fact checker than I, and can learn more than I did, please let me know. For those of you who have not stumbled upon them yet via Google, here are some of them for your consideration.
Palette No. 3 on Thatslikewhoa.com
Whether or not these are genuine, I like the idea of being able to mentally reconstruct master painters’ works by examining where they literally came from. At the very least, they make an interesting conversation starter.
Palette No. 4 on Thatslikewhoa.com
If I and whoever else stumbles on these images had not already seen the names of the artists below the images, it would have been a nice challenge, even a fun party game, especially among more art-minded friends, to try to guess the artist by their colors and how they are applied.
Palette No. 5 on Thatslikewhoa.com
Which is why I have left off the names until the end of this post, in case you would like to try your luck.
Palette No. 6 on Thatslikewhoa.com
Warning: stop here if you still want to guess!
The artists are, in order:
Van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Gustave Moreau
Georges Seurat
Eugene Delacroix
Edgar Degas
How did you do? Let us know here on WallSpin.
Brian Sylvester is a guest blogger on WallSpin, and an artist on Zatista.
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I really enjoyed examining this collection! Thanks for the great post!