Carl
Fredrik Hill
The Luminous Tragedy of Carl Fredrik Hill Carl Fredrik Hill (1849–1911) remains one of the most poignant and singular figures in the annals of Swedish art, a painter whose brilliant trajectory was irrevocably altered by the shadows of mental illness. Born into the scholarly atmosphere …
A portrait built from Carl Fredrik Hill's own colours
Every 24 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.