john
mansbridge
A Legacy of Vision: The Life and Art of John Mansbridge The story of John Mansbridge is one where the precision of architectural study meets the visceral urgency of wartime documentation. Born in 1901, Mansbridge emerged from a background steeped in social and educational purpose, …
A portrait built from john mansbridge'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.
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.