Charles
Deas
A Life Etched in the American West Charles Deas, born in Philadelphia in 1818, remains a poignant figure in the narrative of 19th-century American art—a painter who captured the drama and psychological tension of frontier life with an intensity that belies his tragically curtailed career. …
A portrait built from Charles Deas's own colours
Every 9 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.
