howard
mehring
The Lyrical Abstraction of Howard Mehring Howard Mehring, a pivotal figure in the Washington Color School movement, stands as a testament to the power of pure color and its ability to evoke profound emotional responses. Though often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries like Morris …
A portrait built from howard mehring'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.