Hermann
Schneider
A Life in Munich Born in Munich in 1847, Hermann Schneider was a product of the city's deep-seated artistic traditions. He was the son of the publisher Friedrich Schneider, a connection that placed him at the heart of the local cultural industry from his earliest …
A portrait built from Hermann Schneider's own colours
Every 1 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.