Henri Gervex — Palette Genome

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Henri
Gervex

1852 — 1929 · 19th Century

The Architect of Scandal and Sophistication In the vibrant, often turbulent heart of late 19th-century Paris, few artists navigated the delicate boundary between academic prestige and modern provocation as skillfully as Henri Gervex. Born in 1852 in the Montmartre district, Gervex was a child of …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Henri Gervex's own colours

Every 35 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.

Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers

The Source Works

Where the colour came from

Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.

Henri
Gervex

A portrait built from Henri Gervex's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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A portrait built from Henri Gervex's own colours

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

The signature, in numbers

Where the colour came from

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