Photographic Portraits of Famous Artist’s Paint Palettes by Matthias Schaller (images)

[demmiblue]

Source: Colossal

Since 2007 photographer Matthias Schaller has photographed raw, abstract paintings. The paintings however are not found on canvas, but rather smeared onto the tools used to craft each work of art—the palettes. His series, Das Meisterstück (The Masterpiece), claims these behind-the-scene objects as portraits of the artist, while also giving a direct insight into the detailed techniques performed by each painter.

Palette of Claude Monet / Palette of Édouard Manet

Palette of Edgar Degas

Palette of Eugene Delacroix / Palette of Georges Seurat

Palette of Vincent van Gogh, 2007, 190x156cm, Copyright: Matthias Schaller, Musée d’Orsay, Paris;

Read more: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/05/paint-palette-portraits-matthias-schaller/

Matthias Schaller's site: http://www.matthiasschaller.com/

[malthaussen]

1. CTYankee would like this.

Interesting idea, I wonder how he got access.

-- Mal

[cyberswede]

2. I knew the bottom one was Van Gogh's before I scrolled down

...now my art history degree feels worth it!

But seriously...the Monet/Manet pallettes next to each other really do suggest thier respective styles/colors/etc. Pretty cool!





And Degas, too, for that matter

[demmiblue]

3. I immediately got the Degas and Van Gogh palettes.

Of the Eugene Delacroix/Georges Seurat palettes, I would have guessed the former was Seurat. If they were not next to each other, I think I would have guessed correctly (regarding Seurat). I would never have guessed the Delacroix palette! Edit: actually, the second palette makes a lot more sense!

I am not really familiar with Cy Twombly, but I can totally see it:



Thanks for your input!

[cyberswede]

4. ...and the Chagall is obvious, once I read it. LOL

d'oh!

[demmiblue]

5. Interesting!

The Chagall palette and the Kandinsky palette are somewhat similar, color-wise.

However, the Kandinsky palette is more segmented, just like much of his work.

Wouldn't it be interesting to know which final work of art was painted with each respective palette?

[CTyankee]

12. great question! I'd like to know that too...but I think that is lost...

we can only take from these palettes and piece together the works we see them painting with them...fascinating...

[progressoid]

6. The Chagall is gorgeous.

More at his website: http://www.matthiasschaller.com/

[Brother Buzz]

7. Palette schmalette

Jackson Pollack didn't need no stinking palette

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[kpete]

8. Kandinsky!

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thanks for the gift demmiblue


Palette of Wassily Kandinsky, 2007, 190x156cm, Copyright: Matthias Schaller,Lenbachhaus, München;
peace,
kp

[annabanana]

9. Seurat's pointillism is right there on the palette too!. . .n/t

[Human101948]

10. Didn't these guys ever clean their palettes?

Or did they all die while in the act of painting?

[CTyankee]

11. This is fabulous! What a wonderful find!

I'm surprised that Delacroix's is so neat and tidy...

[Joe the Revelator]

13. That is really cool.

[CTyankee]

14. Manet is gorgeous, too. What an artist...love him...