karl
hagedorn
Karl Hagedorn (1889–1969): A Manchester Modernist Karl Hagedorn (11 September 1889 – 1969), who signed himself Hagedorn, was a painter and illustrator whose distinctive style blended Cubist experimentation with a humanist sensibility. Born in Berlin in 1889, he embarked on an artistic journey that ultimately …
A portrait built from karl hagedorn's own colours
Every 1 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.