It would be really cool if museums would organize their permanent collections by color. Right now all art museums organize their permanent collection by style which does create for interesting connetions between artworks. However, it does get a little old after awhile. Instead it would be fun to visit a museum and look at the artwork by color. I’m going to the orange section!
The paintings are from: http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/viewbook.php?vbook=ehktfjdhtdqua&mode=print From left to right: Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) Jane Avril, 1893 Lithograph (poster) in olive green, yellow, orange, red and black, on cream wove paper, 1,240 x 915 mm (image); 1,290 x 940 mm (sheet) Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection, 1949.1004 <Not On View> Jane Avril Paul C zanne (French, 1839-1906) The Plate of Apples, c.1877 Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (45.8 x 54.7 cm) Gift of Kate L. Brewster, 1949.512 gallery 206 Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919) Jean Renoir Sewing, c. 1899 Oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (55.4 x 46.5 cm) Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1937.1027 gallery 203
great idea. i wonder what the largest section would be. I’d guess blue. Or maybe it’d be black. I’m going with black.
As I was going through the artworks on the Art Institute’s Art Explorer, I found many of them to be blue. Here’s the link to the Art Explorer: http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer
That IS a great idea! I’m going with titian … because I can 😉