At the beginning of every school year, like my schoolmates, I used to look forward to receiving a pristine new paintbox. After a few weeks use, I had the paintbox of a great artist, complete with messy dabs of color overlapping everywhere, but not the results. 
The artists and their works here are Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) , Edgar Degas (1834-1917) , Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), and Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1915). You can click on the palettes for expanded views.
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Thanks for this treat!
The artist's palette is one of those things that hasn't changed much with passing decades or centuries - the current exhibition on The Artist's Studio at Compton Verney has palettes from Hogarth to Tom Phillips that look almost identical - and also photos of Lucien Freud's studio that show him using the wall as a kind of uber-palette.
The paint boxes are nearly as nice as the paintings! Yes, what a treat.
Beautiful! the "mess" of some great painters.
Hi Jane - Just to say Global Village is me - I've been trying to set up a new blog, and it has sent all my settings haywire!
I'm delighted that other people find these palettes as fascinating as I do. I used to think my paintbox was a mess because of my meagre talent - now I see that it's the only thing I had in common with real artists. As for drawing on the wall, the rug that inspired ny "Stuffed Animals" article had inspired me to draw on the wall when I was two years old. I still remember how puzzled I was when my mother began to cry when she saw what I had done. A good thing for both of us that I soon disoovered the piano.
It is interesting how the palettes of certain artists seem to directly resemble their works, such as Van Gogh's Iris Flower and the pallette shown here. There is more information on this subject at Canada's Got Treasures, which is also a space where you can share your pictures, videos or other media.
Hamish,
Canada's Got Treasures, a VMC initiative
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