The Masters · Chromatic Profile

James
Hamilton

1819 — 1878 · 19th Century

The American Turner: The Life and Legacy of James Hamilton Born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1819, James Hamilton embarked on a journey that would lead him from the shores of his homeland to the heart of the American art scene. After immigrating to the United …

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James Hamilton
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from James Hamilton's own colours

Every 15 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