hortense
mattice gordon
early life and teaching career hortense crompton mattice, later known as hortense mattice gordon, was born on november 24, 1886, in hamilton, ontario, canada. before gaining recognition as an artist, gordon taught art for thirty years at a technical school in her hometown. artistic career …
A portrait built from hortense mattice gordon's own colours
Every 2 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.
