Self-Portrait against a Blue-Grey Background
Paula Modersohn-Becker · 1906
Palette
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
- Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876–1907 - Date
- 1906
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Size
- 45.7 × 29.7 cm
- Period
- 20th century
- Themes
- Portraits · Self-portraits
- Main colour
- Blue · lightness 45, colourfulness 22
Museum Ludwig; Wallraf–Richartz Museum. Commons file page. Public domain. United States: Dated 1906, before 1931 (Commons: PD-old-auto-expired, which states publication before 1931). Europe: Artist died 1907: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1978 (Commons: PD-Art|1=PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1907|country=Germany). Last checked 2026-10-31 (Commons file carries EU and US public-domain templates: yes). Image: a faithful photographic reproduction of a public-domain work, from Wikimedia Commons (PD-Art). Licence rules
