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Erik
Olson

1901 — 1986 · Modern

Early Life, Family and Training Erik Olson was born on 9 May 1901 in Halmstad, Sweden. Growing up in Halmstad, he was part of an artistic environment that included his brother, the artist Axel Olson. His early path was not set on a creative life; …

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Erik Olson
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Erik Olson'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