Friedrich
Bury
A Life Shaped by the Old Masters The story of Friedrich Bury is one deeply intertwined with the cultural currents of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Europe. Born in Hanau, Germany, his artistic journey began under the watchful eye of his father, Jean Jacques Bury, …
A portrait built from Friedrich Bury'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.