Anton
Dorph
The Painter of Fishermen’s Souls Anton Laurids Johannes Dorph, born on February 15th, 1831, in the Danish town of Horsens, remains one of the most evocative voices in nineteenth-century Scandinavian art. The son of Professor Niels Vinding Dorph and Louise Amalie Bloch, he was destined …
A portrait built from Anton Dorph's own colours
Every 5 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.