The Masters · Chromatic Profile
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1866
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1924
· 19th Century
Wassily Kandinsky: Pioneer of Abstraction Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky, born December 4th (Old Style) 1866 in Moscow and passing away on December 13th, 1944, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, stands as a monumental figure in the history of art. Often hailed as one of the earliest pioneers of …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from henry bacon's own colours
Every 21 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.