The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Carl
Saltzmann
1847
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1923
· 19th Century
The Berlin Academy and the Sea Berlin, 1847. A life begins that will eventually find its rhythm in the salt spray of the Atlantic and the Pacific. Carl Saltzmann enters the world, later finding his way into the studios of the masters. He studies under …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Carl Saltzmann's own colours
Every 18 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.