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Auguste
André Lançon

1836 — 1885 · 19th Century

Early Life, Family and Artistic Training Auguste André Lançon enters the world on December 16, 1836, in Saint-Claude, Jura. He is born into a working-class household, the son of Pierre Simon Lançon, a carpenter, and Amélie Lacroix. An older brother, Aimé, grows up alongside him …

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Auguste André Lançon
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Auguste André Lançon'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.

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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