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Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (Eve)

A work made of gouache, over a white ground, on gray millboard.

Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (Eve)

Paul Gauguin · 1889/90

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Palette

Pale stone
32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.1:1

Rose
29% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.4:1

Chalk
16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.6:1

Cerulean
14% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Slate
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1

Straw
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date: 1889/90
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Gouache, over a white ground, on gray millboard
Size: 17 × 13 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.)
Place: France
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits · Mothers and children
Main colour: Red · lightness 67, colourfulness 21

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Edward McCormick Blair. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Art Institute of Chicago marks it public domain (is_public_domain = True). Europe: Artist died 1903: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1974. Last checked 2026-10-31 (is_public_domain: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules