Arnold
Böcklin
Frühe Jahre und Ausbildung Arnold Böcklin, ein Schweizer Symbolistischer Maler, wurde am 16. Oktober 1827 in Basel geboren. Sein Vater, Christian Frederick Böcklin, stammte von einer alten Familie aus Schaffhausen und war im Seidenhandel tätig. Arnolds Mutter, Ursula Lippe, war ebenfalls eine Bürgerin derselben Stadt. …
A portrait built from Arnold Böcklin's own colours
Every 82 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.
