Arthur
Boyd Houghton
A Life Captured in Line and Light Born in Kotagiri, Madras, India, Arthur Boyd Houghton emerged as a profound voice in the mid-19th century art world, weaving together the delicate precision of illustration with the emotive power of painting. His life was marked by a …
A portrait built from Arthur Boyd Houghton's own colours
Every 26 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.