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Studio

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Margit Anna, Studio. 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
Other

In context

Studio — 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.

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Colours

Measured from the image

    Main colour

    Espresso #312c41

    Catalogued palette

    • #312C41
    • #B3B3D1
    • #6A6E8D
    • #80483D

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

    Main colour name
    Espresso
    Intensity
    Balanced How saturated and varied the colours are, from a single toned-down hue to many bright ones.
    Contrast
    Gentle How much the colours differ in lightness and saturation across the picture.
    Harmony
    Softly Mixed Palette How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
    Brightness
    Balanced How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
    Saturation
    Balanced Soft 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%

    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%
    2. 2 Self-portrait In Bathing Suit 10.0%
    3. 3 Self-portrait 10.0%
    4. 4 Dancers 10.0%
    5. 5 Madonna With Lace 10.0%
    6. 6 Fire Department At Szentendre 10.0%
    7. 7 Murder 10.0%
    8. 8 Self-portrait 10.0%
    9. 9 Plate board 10.0%
    10. — Studio this painting 0.0%

    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.

    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 Studio

    wikioo.org/en/art/download/margit-anna-studio-9FTHUX-en/

    Cite this artwork

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

    Look closely

    Studio — 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. Our catalogue files this work under: self-portrait, studio scene, black and white. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
    4. Look back at Mistery Play, earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
    5. Themes that come back through the work of Margit Anna: hungarian introspection, self-reflection & identity, symbolic portraiture. Which of them do you see here?

    Your response

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

    Questions & Answers

    What art movement does "Studio" by Margit Anna belong to?

    The movement associated with "Studio" by Margit Anna is Other. This classification situates the work among related artists and artworks.

    Can I see "Studio" by Margit Anna under different lights?

    The X-Ray page of "Studio" by Margit Anna is an interactive viewer that lets you slide through eleven optical layers of the artwork's image, including an X-ray style view.

    What is the dominant hue of "Studio" by Margit Anna?

    "Studio" leans toward a green to violet spectrum tone.