The Masters · Chromatic Profile

August
Behrendsen

1819 — 1886 · 19th Century

Early Life, Training and Academic Career Born in Magdeburg, Germany, in 1819, August Behrendsen began his path toward a life of color and light in the heart of Prussia. His early years led him to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, a place where …

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August Behrendsen
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from August Behrendsen's own colours

Every 2 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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers