cecilio
pla y gallardo
Cecilio Pla y Gallardo: A Painter of Rural Spain Cecilio Pla y Gallardo (1860 – 1934) emerged from Valencia, Spain, as a prominent figure in the Costumbrismo movement—a genre dedicated to portraying everyday life and landscapes of Spanish rural society. Though largely unrecognized during his …
A portrait built from cecilio pla y gallardo's own colours
Every 48 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.