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elder, john a. elder, j. a. elder
A Visionary of the Virginia Landscape: The Life and Legacy of John Elder Born in the historic heart of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on February 3, 1833, John Adams Elder emerged as a profound voice in nineteenth-century American art. The son of a shoemaker, John Douglas Elder, …
A portrait built from john elder, john a. elder, j. a. elder's own colours
Every 4 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.
