Félix
Vallotton
Early Life, Family and Training Félix Vallotton was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1865. He grew up in a Protestant household where life followed a more predictable, conservative path. His father worked as a pharmacist and later transitioned into the business of making chocolate. While …
A portrait built from Félix Vallotton'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.