William
Nicholson
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, født i Newark-on-Trent den 5. februar 1872, trådte ind i en verden der blandede industriel praktisk sans med kunstnerisk følsomhed. Hans far, en succesfuld ingeniør og konservativ parlamentsmedlem, indgydte en følelse af disciplin, mens hans …
A portrait built from William Nicholson's own colours
Every 91 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.
