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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

James
Abbott McNeill Whistler

1834 — 1903 · 19th Century

A Life Shaped by Aestheticism: The World of James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler, born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1834, was a figure perpetually at odds with convention—a painter who championed “art for art’s sake” during an era obsessed with moralizing narratives. His …

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from James Abbott McNeill Whistler's own colours

Every 100 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
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