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Joža
Uprka

1861 — 1940 · 19th Century

Early Life, Family and Training Joža Uprka arrives into the world on 26 October 1861 in Kněždub. He is born into a peasant family, a setting defined by the rhythms of rural labor. His father, an amateur painter, provides the first spark of artistic inclination. …

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Joža Uprka
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Joža Uprka's own colours

Every 23 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.

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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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers