Joseph
Blanc
The Academy and the Prix de Rome Paris, 1867. The atmosphere of the École des Beaux Arts thickens with the weight of competition as Paul-Joseph Blanc presents his work, The Murder of Laius by Œdipus. This is the moment the trajectory shifts. The jury awards …
A portrait built from Joseph Blanc's own colours
Every 12 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.