Franz
Xaver Winterhalter
Early Life, Family and Training The Black Forest village of Menzenschwand provides the setting for the birth of Franz Xavier Winterhalter on 20 April 1805. He enters the world as the son of Fidel Winterhalter, a farmer and resin producer, and Eva Meyer. The household …
A portrait built from Franz Xaver Winterhalter'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.