The Masters · Chromatic Profile

James
Michael Newell

1900 — 1985 · Modern

Early Life, Family and Training James Michael Newell emerged from a large Irish family in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, born on February 21, 1900. His early identity was tied to his birth name, James Erbin Newell, a name he eventually discarded to establish his professional persona. Before …

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James Michael Newell
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from James Michael Newell'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.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers