Student Artwork Guide

Name Class Date

dagobert peche, Wrong Way (1922). Public domain.

The facts

Artist: dagobert peche artsdot.com/en/artists/dagobert-peche/
Artist’s dates: 1887 – 1923
Painted: 1922
Original size: 27 x 33 cm

Copyright This work is in the public domain. dagobert peche died in 1923; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1993.

Wrong Way — dagobert peche

How big is it?

The original measures 27 × 33 cm (height × width), drawn here beside an adult of average height.

When was this painted?

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Shaded: the lifetime of dagobert peche (1887–1923) ▲ this work, 1922

Compare with

Anhänger (Pendant) artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-anhanger-pendant-D9PJTT-en/
Caftan artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-caftan-D9PJQW-en/
Palatin, 1922 artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-palatin-D2ZTNW-en/

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: artsdot.com/en/art/similar/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/

Colours

Measured from the image

Main colour

Putty #cacccd

Catalogued palette

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Palette: Monochrome The dominant colour family in the image.
Main colour name: Putty
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: Brilliant How light or dark the picture reads overall, from deep shadow to bright highlight.
Saturation: Muted How pure and strong the colours are, from near-grey to fully vivid.

Artist

dagobert peche

Born in St. Michael im Lavanttal, Austria

dagobert peche was an austrian artist and metalworker designer. he joined the wiener werkstätte in 1915 and exhibited at deutscher werkbund exhibition in cologne and then became a co-director thereof in 1916. whilst there in the early 1920s he introduced a 'spiky baroque' style inspired by folk-art, and using flowers, animals and human figures as decorative motifs.

Where to read more

The artist dagobert peche artsdot.com/en/artists/dagobert-peche/
Similar works More works to compare artsdot.com/en/art/similar/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/

Find this online

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Cite this artwork

MLA: peche, dagobert. Wrong Way. 1922, https://artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/
APA: peche, dagobert (1922). Wrong Way [Painting]. https://artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/
Chicago: dagobert peche. Wrong Way. 1922. https://artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/
Harvard: peche, dagobert (1922) Wrong Way. Available at: https://artsdot.com/en/art/dagobert-peche-wrong-way-D2Y257-en/

Wrong Way — dagobert peche

Look closely

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

What catches your eye first, and why?
Which colours or shapes create the mood — and what is that mood?
Look back at Anhänger (Pendant), earlier in this guide. Name two things it shares with this work, and one that is different.
dagobert peche was about 35 when this was made. What in it looks like the work of an artist at that stage?
What might the artist have wanted you to feel?

Your response

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