Antoine
Étex
A Life Bridging Worlds: Antoine Étex and the French Artistic Transition Antoine Étex, born in Paris in 1808 and passing away in Chaville in 1888, occupies a fascinating, if sometimes overlooked, position within the landscape of 19th-century French art. He was an artist of remarkable …
A portrait built from Antoine Étex's own colours
Every 3 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.