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A work made of oil on canvas.

The Prairie on Fire

Alvan Fisher · 1827

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Palette

Dark chocolate
 43% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Coffee
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 15.1:1
Walnut
 17% of the image
Brown · text contrast 13.0:1
Cinnamon
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.2:1
Chestnut
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 11.7:1
Umber
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.1:1

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
Alvan Fisher
American, 1792–1863
Date
1827
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
61 × 83.8 cm (24 × 33 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Brown · lightness 17, colourfulness 19

Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Fund; purchased with funds provided by Jamee J. and Marshall Field; Americana Endowment Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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