Charles
Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale: A Life of Art, Science, and Patriotism Born: April 15, 1741, Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland Died: February 22, 1827, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Early Life and Artistic Training Peale’s early life was marked by financial hardship following his father’s death. He apprenticed as …
A portrait built from Charles Willson Peale's own colours
Every 100 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.
