Arnulf
Rainer
Arnulf Rainer: The Destruction of Forms and the Echoes of Vienna Actionism Arnulf Rainer (born December 8, 1929) stands as a singular figure in Austrian art history—a painter whose oeuvre is defined not by grand narratives or polished surfaces but by an unsettling process of …
A portrait built from Arnulf Rainer'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.