Alexander
Nasmyth
Alexander Nasmyth: A Scottish Pioneer of Landscape Painting Born: Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1758) Died: 1840 Alexander Nasmyth was a pivotal figure in Scottish art history, renowned as both a portraitist and, more significantly, a landscape painter. He is often credited with being the "father of …
A portrait built from Alexander Nasmyth's own colours
Every 18 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.
