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August
Willem Van Voorden

1881 — 1921 · Modern

August Willem van Voorden (1881 - 1921): The Rotterdam Impressionist August Willem van Voorden (25 November 1881, Rotterdam – 2 October 1921, Rotterdam) was a Dutch painter who achieved renown for capturing the vibrant pulse of Rotterdam’s urban landscape in his impressionistic paintings. Born into …

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August Willem Van Voorden
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from August Willem Van Voorden's own colours

Every 28 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.

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Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers