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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

karl
wirsum

1939 — 2021 · Modern

was an american artist born in chicago in 1939. he died in may 2021 at the age of 81. karl wirsum was a member of the chicago artistic group the hairy who, and helped set the foundation for chicago's art scene in the 1970s. he …

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karl wirsum
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from karl wirsum's own colours

Every 1 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