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Moonlight

Margit Anna

Name Class Date
Margit Anna, Moonlight. Reproduced for reference; rights reserved by the rights holder. See this canvas under a moving light: the drawing, the true colour under the varnish, the bare pigment

The facts

Artist
Margit Anna wikioo.org/en/artists/margit-anna/
Artist’s dates
1913 – 1991
Movement
Surrealism Dream logic painted with waking precision: impossible things shown as if they were ordinary.

Copyright This work is still under copyright. Margit Anna died in 1991; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it remains in force until 2061. The image is shown here for classroom reference; rights remain with the rights holder.

Source: WikiOO.org — accessed Oct. 10, 2026

Moonlight — Margit Anna Part 1 · The artwork

In context

Moonlight — Margit Anna

When might this have been painted?

  1. 1910
  2. 1920
  3. 1930
  4. 1940
  5. 1950
  6. 1960
  7. 1970
  8. 1980
  9. 1990

Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 78 at death.

Shaded: the lifetime of Margit Anna (1913–1991) every dated painting, decade by decade

This record has no exact year on file — using the artist's lifetime and the work's style, what decade would you guess?

Compare with

Pick one work above: name two things it shares with this one, and one thing that's different.

More works to set beside this one: wikioo.org/en/art/similar/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/

Colours

Measured from the image

    Main colour

    Gray #969786

    Catalogued palette

    • #969786
    • #2E6476
    • #3E4E2F
    • #6E7B5C

    These colours inside the artist’s whole palette Find other paintings by colour

    Main colour name
    Gray
    Intensity
    Balanced How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
    Contrast
    Serene How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
    Harmony
    Strong Color Unity How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
    Brightness
    Bright How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
    Saturation
    Subtle Color How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

    Where in the world is this painting looked at?

    • under 1%
    • 1–3%
    • 3–8%
    • 8–20%
    • 20% and over
    This painting alone has too few recorded visitors to map, so the plate reads every work by Margit Anna over the last twelve months — 1 countries in all. Where these figures come from

    The ten leading countries

    1. 1 China 100.0%1,000 visits

    Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.

    The 10 most looked-at works by Margit Anna

    1. 1 Guardian Of Flame 20.0%200 visits
    2. 2 Self-portrait In Bathing Suit 10.0%100 visits
    3. 3 Self-portrait 10.0%100 visits
    4. 4 Dancers 10.0%100 visits
    5. 5 Madonna With Lace 10.0%100 visits
    6. 6 Fire Department At Szentendre 10.0%100 visits
    7. 7 Murder 10.0%100 visits
    8. 8 Self-portrait 10.0%100 visits
    9. 9 Plate board 10.0%100 visits
    10. — Moonlight this painting 0.0%0 visits

    Together these works take 100.0% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 56 works by this artist, of which 9 were looked at at least once. This painting has not been looked at yet in that time — it closes the list without a rank. The same counts, month by month

    Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.

    Source: WikiOO.org — accessed Oct. 10, 2026

    Moonlight — Margit Anna Part 2 · In context

    Artist and museum

    Artist

    Margit Anna

    Born in Borota, Hungary

    Where to read more

    Find this online

    QR code linking to the download page for Moonlight

    wikioo.org/en/art/download/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/

    Cite this artwork

    MLA
    Anna, Margit. Moonlight. n.d., https://wikioo.org/en/art/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/
    APA
    Anna, Margit (n.d.). Moonlight [Painting]. https://wikioo.org/en/art/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/
    Chicago
    Margit Anna. Moonlight. n.d. https://wikioo.org/en/art/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/
    Harvard
    Anna, Margit (n.d.) Moonlight. Available at: https://wikioo.org/en/art/margit-anna-moonlight-9FTHU7-en/

    Source: WikiOO.org — accessed Oct. 10, 2026

    Moonlight — Margit Anna Part 3 · Artist and museum

    Look closely

    Moonlight — Margit Anna

    Look closely

    Answer in your own words. There are no wrong answers here — only answers you can explain.

    1. What catches your eye first, and why?
    2. Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
    3. How many faces can you find? ____ (our catalogue counts 5 — do you agree?)
    4. Our catalogue files this work under: surreal landscape, moonlit figure, isolation theme. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
    5. Look back at Mistery Play, earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.

    Your response

    Write a short paragraph about this artwork. Use the facts from the earlier parts of this guide, and your answers above.

    Source: WikiOO.org — accessed Oct. 10, 2026

    Moonlight — Margit Anna Part 4 · Look closely

    Questions & Answers

    Is "Moonlight" by Margit Anna in the public domain, and why?

    "Moonlight" by Margit Anna is still protected by copyright. Copyright terms are measured from the artist's death, and Margit Anna died in 1991.

    Can I see "Moonlight" by Margit Anna on my own wall before buying?

    "Moonlight" by Margit Anna can be previewed on your own wall with the artwork's AR Preview page, using augmented reality on a compatible device.

    Can I examine "Moonlight" in more detail?

    The X-Ray view of "Moonlight" by Margit Anna is on the artwork's X-Ray page: an interactive examination of the image through eleven optical layers.