joão
vieira
João Vieira: A Painter of Inversion and Erotic Poetry João Vieira (1934-2009) remains a profoundly enigmatic figure in Portuguese art, an artist whose work defies easy categorization yet consistently pulsates with a raw, visceral energy. Born in Vidago, Portugal, in 1934, his life was marked …
A portrait built from joão vieira'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.