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Willem
Adolfs

1903 — 1945 · Modern

A Life of Devotion and Artistry Willem Adolfs was a Dutch painter, sculptor, draftsperson, and muralist born in Amsterdam. After receiving a four-year education in decorative painting at the Quellinus art school in Amsterdam, he earned his diploma in 1921. His artistic output was deeply …

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Willem Adolfs
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Willem Adolfs's own colours

Every 11 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