Ferdinand
Guillaumin
early life and career Ferdinand Guillaumin, born Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin on February 16, 1841, in Paris, France, embarked upon his artistic journey amidst the burgeoning fervor of Impressionism – a movement that prioritized capturing ephemeral moments of light and color within the natural world. …
A portrait built from Ferdinand Guillaumin's own colours
Every 70 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.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
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.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
