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Christian
David Gebauer

1777 — 1831 · 19th Century

A Life Shaped by Light and Shadow Born in Neusalz an der Oder, the young Christian David Gebauer moved to Christiansfeld in northern Schleswig during his early years. His father, a superintendent of the Moravian Church, had envisioned a different path for his son, hoping …

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Christian David Gebauer
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Christian David Gebauer's own colours

Every 17 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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers