Hans
Canon
The Man Behind the Pseudonym In the vibrant, often turbulent landscape of nineteenth-century Vienna, few names carried as much intrigue as Hans Canon. Yet, behind this evocative moniker lay the true identity of Johann Baptist Strašiřipka, an artist whose very name reflected the shifting political …
A portrait built from Hans Canon's own colours
Every 4 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.