The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Edward
Halliday

1902 — 1984 · Modern

The Precision of Presence Born in Garston, Liverpool, in 1902, Edward Irvine Halliday developed a way of seeing that favored the quiet weight of reality. His training at the Liverpool School of Art and Design instilled in him a devotion to technical precision and anatomical …

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Edward Halliday
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Edward Halliday's own colours

Every 32 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