The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Charles
Byrd

1916 — 2018 · Modern

The Quiet Master of the Welsh Wilds Charles Byrd (1916–2018) occupied a unique space in the landscape of twentieth-century art, operating far from the clamor of avant-garde revolutions to focus instead on the profound stillness of the natural world. Born in Winchester, Virginia, Byrd carried …

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Charles Byrd
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Charles Byrd's own colours

Every 67 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