Alice
Neel
Early Life and Education Born: January 28, 1900, in Merion Square, Pennsylvania Parents: George Washington Neel (accountant) and Alice Concross Hartley Neel Family moved to Colwyn, Pennsylvania in early 1900s. Fourth of five children; experienced the loss of her older brother, Hartley, at a young …
A portrait built from Alice Neel's own colours
Every 62 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.
