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Albert
Hoffsten

1887 — 1927 · Modern

Early Life, Family and Training Albert Hoffsten was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 13, 1887. He grew up in a household led by his parents, Louis Hoffsten, who worked as a caretaker, and Johanna Christina Landelius. His early years in the Swedish capital provided …

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Albert Hoffsten
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Albert Hoffsten's own colours

Every 1 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.

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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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers