john
henry hill
Early Life and Artistic Foundations John Henry Hill, born in the quiet hamlet of West Nyack, New York, in 1839, emerged from a lineage steeped in artistic tradition. His grandfather, John Hill, an aquatint engraver hailing from London, established a foothold in America in 1816, …
A portrait built from john henry hill'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.