john
hultberg
john hultberg was an american abstract expressionist and abstract realist painter. early in his career he was related to the bay area figurative movement; he was also a lecturer and playwright.john hultberg was born in 1922 in berkeley, california. he had a sister, helen, and …
A portrait built from john hultberg's own colours
Every 8 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.