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Plans for teaching color (“Ostwaldska dye system”), showing the tone colour circle and the harmonies of colours.
Nowadays (2013) glass with a silver frame.
Inscribed in the general ledger 2008.
Wilhelm Ostwald (Latvian: Vilhelms Ostvalds), born September 2, 1853 in Riga, Latvia, died in Leipzig April 4, 1932, was a Baltic physicist, chemist, philosopher and Nobel laureate.
He researched many fields and spent a lot of time on colour research. His harmonilary about colours has had a great impact on the teaching of colours in art schools, and is still used in some schools in the USA and Europe.
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Plans for teaching color (“Ostwaldska dye system”), showing the tone colour circle and the harmonies of colours.
Nowadays (2013) glass with a silver frame.
Inscribed in the general ledger 2008.
Wilhelm Ostwald (Latvian: Vilhelms Ostvalds), born September 2, 1853 in Riga, Latvia, died in Leipzig April 4, 1932, was a Baltic physicist, chemist, philosopher and Nobel laureate.
He researched many fields and spent a lot of time on colour research.
His harmonilary about colours has had a great impact on the teaching of colours in art schools, and is still used in some schools in the USA and Europe.