Skizze Farben
1942
unspecified
From the collection of Archaeology and Museum Baselland
1942
unspecified
From the collection of Archaeology and Museum Baselland
Skizze Farben is a 1942 unspecified by Emil Himmelsbach, depicting Ethnology, held at Archaeology and Museum Baselland.
This is a sheet of paint swatches in neat rows. The top row has deep browns, blacks, reds, and blues. The bottom row mixes in greens, pinks, and grays. Each swatch is thick and uneven, like paint straight from a tube. The writing at the top names colors in German—*Vordergrund* (foreground), *Mittler* (middle), *Hintergrund* (background), and *Schatten* (shadow). It’s like a painter’s guide for light and depth. Next, check out ethnology to see how color studies like this fit into cultural collections.
Emil Himmelsbach left a small group of quick, colorful sketches and fashion drawings from the early 1900s.
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