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Robert
Wilhelm Ekman

1808 — 1873 · 19th Century

Early Life, Family and Training Robert Wilhelm Ekman was born in Uusikaupunki, Finland, on August 13, 1808. He was born into an upper-class family, the son of Carl Christoffer Ekman, a medical doctor and mayor, and Sara Elisabet Gadolin. Tragedy struck early in his development; …

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Robert Wilhelm Ekman
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Robert Wilhelm Ekman's own colours

Every 100 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