David
Cox Der Ältere
Frühe Jahre und die Wurzeln in Birmingham David Cox, geboren am 29. April 1783 im industriellen Herzen von Deritend, Birmingham, entstammte bescheidenen Verhältnissen, die seine künstlerische Vision tiefgreifend prägten. Sein Vater, ein Schmied und Weißschmied, vermittelte ihm eine Arbeitsmoral, die ihn sein ganzes Leben lang …
A portrait built from David Cox Der Ältere's own colours
Every 40 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.
