jacques
barraband
A Life Dedicated to Feather and Bloom: The World of Jacques Barraband Jacques Barraband, a name perhaps unfamiliar to many yet synonymous with breathtaking accuracy in the depiction of avian life, flourished during a pivotal period in natural history illustration. Born in Aubusson, France, around …
A portrait built from jacques barraband's own colours
Every 73 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.
