The Groningen Years Groningen, 1819. A child is born to Jan Ensing, a local merchant, and Geertje Kuipers. The boy enters the Academie Minerva under the guidance of Jacob Bruggink, absorbing the fundamentals of line and light. By 1840, the art society Pictura recognizes his …
Every 7 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.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.