More from Raphael, Reynolds, and the artist’s family of Frédéric Bazille, Lovis Corinth and others. All you need to know is who, where and when.
Runge
After training in Copenhagen, he became involved in the Romantic Movement, developed his own colour theory, but died at the age of only 33.
Born in Swedish Pomerania, studied in Copenhagen, and lived most of his adult life in Dresden. Paintings from early landscapes in 1807 to ‘Chalk Cliffs on Rügen’.
Colour theory from the ancient Greeks to Munsell, via several artists including Leonardo da Vinci and Phillip Otto Runge.
Fra Bartolomeo, Tintoretto, Blake, Merson, Tanner, and a very special nocturne by Adam Elsheimer show this popular story.
A brief look at the history of colour ordering, and colour systems, as an introduction to the pioneering work of Albert Henry Munsell.
The Eclectic Light Company 