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The Masters · Chromatic Profile

pavel
petrovich svinin

1787 — 1839 · 19th Century

Pavel Petrovich Svinin: The Russian Munchausen and Painter of American Dreams Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787-1839) remains a fascinating, if somewhat enigmatic, figure in both Russian and American art history. Often described as the “Russian Munchausen,” he built his reputation not on genuine artistic skill but …

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The Palette Genome

A portrait built from pavel petrovich svinin's own colours

Every 34 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
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