Karl
Pärsimägi
A Life Captured in Form Karl Pärsimägi lived through a period of profound transition, leaving behind a body of work that reflects the shifting perspectives of his era. Born in 1902, his life reached its conclusion in 1942, a time when the world was undergoing …
A portrait built from Karl Pärsimägi's own colours
Every 3 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.