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A Study

Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn, 1929

Name Class Date
Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn, A Study (1929). Public domain. See this canvas under a moving light: the drawing, the true colour under the varnish, the bare pigment

The facts

Artist
Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn topimpressionists.com/en/artists/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn/
Artist’s dates
1870 – 1951
Painted
1929
Original size
61 x 50 cm
Movement
Impressionism Painters working fast and outdoors to catch how light actually looked at one moment, rather than finishing smoothly in a studio.

Copyright This work is in the public domain. Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn died in 1951; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 2021.

Source: TopImpressionists.com — accessed Oct. 7, 2026

A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn Part 1 · The artwork

In context

A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn

How big is it?

The original measures 61 × 50 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.

When was this painted?

  1. 1870
  2. 1880
  3. 1890
  4. 1900
  5. 1910
  6. 1920
  7. 1930
  8. 1940
  9. 1950

Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 81 at death.

Painted when the artist was 59. The artist lived to 81. 7 of the 16 dated works by this artist in our catalogue came earlier.

Shaded: the lifetime of Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn (1870–1951) ▲ this work, 1929 every dated painting, decade by decade

First works: up to 1921 Main working years: 1921–1934 Late works: from 1934

Those three bands split the works this catalogue has a date for into a first quarter, a middle half and a last quarter. They are not the artist’s complete output: a thin stretch may be a gap in the record rather than a quiet spell. The same years with the artist’s life laid along them

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

    Sap Green #816e3c

    Catalogued palette

    • #816E3C
    • #BCAF7B
    • #A4935F
    • #4C4020

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

    Palette
    Dark The dominant colour family in the image.
    Main colour name
    Sap Green
    Intensity
    Vivid 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
    Unified Palette How well the colours work together, from clashing to fully unified.
    Brightness
    Brilliant How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
    Saturation
    Clear Color Presence 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 Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn over the last twelve months — 4 countries in all. Where these figures come from

    The ten leading countries

    1. 1 China 54.5%600 visits
    2. 2 France 18.2%200 visits
    3. 3 Hong Kong 18.2%200 visits
    4. 4 United Kingdom 9.1%100 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 Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn

    1. 1 Clare, 1933 18.8%300 visits
    2. 2 Summer Morning 18.8%300 visits
    3. 3 Florence Hooton (1912–1988), FRAM, 1936 12.5%200 visits
    4. 4 Shadows on the Wall, Cannes, France 12.5%200 visits
    5. 5 Gervase Elwes, Singer, 1921 12.5%200 visits
    6. 6 Thomas Cecil Fitzpatrick (1861–1931), Fellow (1888–1906), President (1906–1931), 1927 6.2%100 visits
    7. 7 George Wyndham Kennion (1845–1922), Bishop of Wells (1894–1921), 1908 6.2%100 visits
    8. 8 Sisters, 1923 6.2%100 visits
    9. 9 Lynn Fontanne, 1912 6.2%100 visits
    10. — A Study, 1929 this painting 0.0%0 visits

    Together these works take 99.9% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 22 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: TopImpressionists.com — accessed Oct. 7, 2026

    A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn Part 2 · In context

    Artist and museum

    Artist

    Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn

    Where to read more

    Find this online

    QR code linking to the download page for A Study

    topimpressionists.com/en/art/download/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn-a-study-AQS6Z2-en/

    Cite this artwork

    MLA
    Glehn, Wilfrid Gabriel De. A Study. 1929, https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn-a-study-AQS6Z2-en/
    APA
    Glehn, Wilfrid Gabriel De (1929). A Study [Painting]. https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn-a-study-AQS6Z2-en/
    Chicago
    Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn. A Study. 1929. https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn-a-study-AQS6Z2-en/
    Harvard
    Glehn, Wilfrid Gabriel De (1929) A Study. Available at: https://topimpressionists.com/en/art/wilfrid-gabriel-de-glehn-a-study-AQS6Z2-en/

    Source: TopImpressionists.com — accessed Oct. 7, 2026

    A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn Part 3 · Artist and museum

    Look closely

    A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn

    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: nude figure, relaxation, soft light. Do you agree? What would you add, or take away?
    4. Look back at Sisters (1923), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
    5. Impressionism: Painters working fast and outdoors to catch how light actually looked at one moment, rather than finishing smoothly in a studio. Where can you see that in this work?

    Your response

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

    Source: TopImpressionists.com — accessed Oct. 7, 2026

    A Study — Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn Part 4 · Look closely

    Questions & Answers

    What color saturation does "A Study" by Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn have?

    The colors of "A Study" by Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn have a clear color presence saturation. Saturation describes how vivid or muted the colors are.

    What are the author and date of "A Study"?

    The author of "A Study" is Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn, and the work is dated 1929.

    Is "A Study" available as a fine art print?

    A print of "A Study" by Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn can be ordered directly on its Fine Art Print page: a fine art print on cotton canvas or archival canvas paper.