Peder
Balke
A Norwegian Romantic Visionary: The Life and Art of Peder Balke Peder Andersen Balke, født den 4. november 1804 på den lille ø Helgøya i indsøen Mjøsa nær Lillehammer, var en af de mest markante og originale stemmer i det norske landskabsmaleri i det 19. …
A portrait built from Peder Balke's own colours
Every 37 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.
