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Purple in art

44 works in which purple tones make up at least 10% of the palette, ranked by how much of the image they cover (at most three per artist or series before the rest). For 12 of them it is the main colour.

Combined colour mix

Purple 27% · Blue 14% · Grey 14% · Gold & ochre 13% · White & cream 8%

Artists here: Stanley Thomas Clough (2), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (2), Piet Mondrian (2), Claude Monet (1), Alexej von Jawlensky (1), Olga Rozanova (1), Gustav Klimt (1), Georges Seurat (1), Nicholas Roerich (1), Paul Gauguin (1), Edvard Munch (1), Marsden Hartley (1)

WPA Federal Music Project of NYC [presents] Brahms symphony series Federal symphony orchestra - distinguished conductors and assisting artists Jerome Henry Rothstein, [1938]

Fifth Lake Edgar Alwin Payne, ca. 1928

Death Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1926

During the Laundry Aristarkh Lentulov, 1910–1919

Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect) Claude Monet, 1890–91

Red Path, St. Prex Alexej von Jawlensky, 1915

For Christmas, shop between 10 & 4 and travel Underground Horace Christopher Taylor, [1924]

Careless talk costs lives / Al Doria Unknown artist, [between 1941 and 1943]

Let them grow Stanley Thomas Clough, [W.P.A., 1938.]

Marsk Stigs døtre Geskel Saloman, 1893

Flight of Airplane Olga Rozanova, 1916

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000) Gustav Klimt, 1912–13

Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884" Georges Seurat, 1884

And We Continue Fishing (Sancta series) Nicholas Roerich, 1922

The Invocation Paul Gauguin, 1903

Im Café Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1904

Set Design for Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" Edvard Munch, 1906

Untitled Jay Van Everen, ca. 1920

Zeeuwsche Church Tower Piet Mondrian, 1911

Pink Begonias Marsden Hartley, 1928-1929

Harmonica contest on the mall, Central Park Final championship Unknown artist, [1936 or 1937]

The Pine Tree at Saint Tropez Paul Signac, 1909

Indian art of the United States Prehistoric art living tradition - Indian art for modern living : Museum of Modern Art / / Pistchal Unknown artist, [between 1936 and 1941]

Mademoiselle Sicot Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1865

Fox Franz Marc, 1911

Dress Mina Lowry, c. 1941

Black Grid Wassily Kandinsky, 1922

Eustoma russelianum Mary Vaux Walcott, ca. early 1930s

Service on the home front There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts Louis Hirshman, between 1941 and 1943

Elegant Young Woman en Promenade Hermann-Paul

"A hero is born" A romantic musical by Theresa Holburn - based on an original story by Andrew Lang : Music by A. Lehman Engel - lyrics by Agnes Morgan / / Halls Richard Halls, [1936 or 1937]

Poster exhibition, 4300 Euclid, second floor Stanley Thomas Clough, [W.P.A., 1938.]

Ibaraki, as the girl Sayuri Toyohara Kunichika, 1893

Horses in Dyrehaven Hans Michael Therkildsen, 1896

Portrait of Gerda Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1914

Kintaro, Urashimataro, and Momotaro, from the triptych "Set of Three Sake Cups for the First Month (Tarozuki mitsugumi sakazuki)" Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Pocket bottle American Flint Glass Manufactory, 1769–74

The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night Unknown artist, c. 1560

Sailing Boats Paul Klee, 1927

Sammelt Brennessel! Wenn ihr Kleidung und Faden wollt! Josef Geis, München : Kunstanstalt O. Consée, 1918

Keep it to yourself buddy Russell W. Kraus, [between 1941 and 1943]

The Zeeland Girl Piet Mondrian, 1900–1909

National art week / American art for American homes Unknown artist, [between 1936 and 1941]

Gown Lillian Causey, c. 1940