Frank
Duveneck
A Life Forged in Tragedy and Realism Frank Duveneck, born Frank Decker in 1848 amidst the burgeoning river town of Covington, Kentucky, was an artist whose life story is as compelling as his powerfully rendered canvases. His early years were shadowed by loss; the death …
A portrait built from Frank Duveneck'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.
