Charles
Shaw
The Architect of Abstraction: The Life and Vision of Charles Green Shaw In the vibrant, pulse-quickening atmosphere of 1920s New York, where the jazz age roared through smoky cafés and theatrical halls, a unique creative spirit began to emerge. Charles Green Shaw was not merely …
A portrait built from Charles Shaw's own colours
Every 8 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.