Edward
Hicks
Frühes Leben und Hintergrund Geboren: 4. April 1780 in Attleboro (heute Langhorne), Bucks County, Pennsylvania Gestorben: 23. August 1849 Seine Eltern waren Anglikaner, aber er wurde von Matron Elizabeth Twining, einer Quäkerin, aufgezogen. Dies führte ihn schon in jungen Jahren an die quakerischen Glaubensvorstellungen heran. …
A portrait built from Edward Hicks's own colours
Every 38 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.
