Claire
Falkenstein
A Life Forged in Form: The Trailblazing Vision of Claire Falkenstein Claire Falkenstein, born July 22, 1908, in Coos Bay, Oregon, was an artist who defied easy categorization. Her journey wasn’t one of adhering to established movements but rather of forging her own path through …
A portrait built from Claire Falkenstein's own colours
Every 12 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.
