charles
marie bouton
early life and training charles marie bouton, a french painter, was born on may 16, 1781, in paris. he received his training under the tutelage of renowned artists jacques-louis david, jean-victor bertin, and the first french panorama painter pierre prévost. artistic innovations bouton's work was …
A portrait built from charles marie bouton'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.