Johan
Martin Nielssen
Johan Martin Nielssen: A Biography Early Life and Artistic Development Born: Stavanger, Norway, in 1835 Died: 1912 Initially painted primarily with oils in a studio, basing his works on earlier field studies. As he matured, Nielssen began painting "en plein air" (outdoors), advocating for this …
A portrait built from Johan Martin Nielssen'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.