Auguste
Durst
A Life Between Shadows and Light Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1842. The arrival of Jean-Baptiste Auguste Durst marks the beginning of a life defined by the shifting borders of French history. He moves through the late nineteenth century not merely as an observer, but as a participant in …
A portrait built from Auguste Durst'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.