The Masters · Chromatic Profile

August
Jerndorff

1846 — 1906 · 19th Century

The Soul of the Portrait: The Life and Legacy of August Jerndorff Born in the historic atmosphere of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, in 1846, August Andreas Jerndorff was destined for a life steeped in the fine arts. As the son of Just Ulrik Jerndorff, a painter …

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August Jerndorff
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from August Jerndorff's own colours

Every 24 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