Ida
Kohlmeyer
Ida Kohlmeyer: A Life in Abstraction Early Life and Education Born: November 3, 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: January 24, 1997. Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer was the daughter of Polish immigrants. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Newcomb College (Tulane University). Her initial …
A portrait built from Ida Kohlmeyer'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.
