John
Ottis Adams
A Forgotten Voice of American ImpressionismJohn Ottis Adams, born in the quiet Indiana countryside in 1851, occupies a somewhat enigmatic position within the narrative of American Impressionist painters. Though he didn’t achieve the widespread recognition enjoyed by contemporaries like T.C. Steele or William Forsyth – …
A portrait built from John Ottis Adams's own colours
Every 66 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.
