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Amaldus
Nielsen

1838 — 1932 · 19th Century

Early Life, Family and Training Amaldus Nielsen was born on May 23, 1838, in Halse, Norway. He was the son of Niels Clemetsen Nielsen, a shipmaster and merchant, and Andrea Marie Møller. While his birth occurred in Halse, his formative years were spent in the …

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Amaldus Nielsen
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Amaldus Nielsen's own colours

Every 44 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.

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Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers