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Johan
Christoffer Boklund

1817 — 1880 · 19th Century

A Life Rooted in Scania Johan Christoffer Boklund began his life far from the grand academies of Europe, born in Kulla-Gunnarstorp, Scania, to a gardener. His early years were shaped by the quiet observations of nature, a skill that first surfaced when he moved to …

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Johan Christoffer Boklund
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Johan Christoffer Boklund's own colours

Every 5 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