The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Chen
Chiayen

1626 — 1682 · Early Modern

A Legacy of Resilience and Ink The artistry of Chen Chiayen, also known by the name Chen Jiayen, offers a profound window into the spiritual and technical heights of seventeenth-century Chinese painting. Born in Changshu, China, this master of the brush possessed an extraordinary ability …

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Chen Chiayen
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Chen Chiayen'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