August
Kessler
Early Life, Family and Training August Kessler enters the world on 30 December 1826 in Tilsit, Kingdom of Prussia (Sovetsk, Russia). The foundations of his career are laid within the family circle. His father, Christian Friedrich Kessler, provides the initial instruction, introducing the young boy …
A portrait built from August Kessler's own colours
Every 1 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.