karl
stirner
Karl Stirner: A Pioneer of Color and Imagination Karl Stirner (November 14, 1923 – February 18, 2016) was a German-born American sculptor whose distinctive style—characterized by bold color palettes and evocative depictions of landscapes—established him as one of the most important figures in contemporary German …
A portrait built from karl stirner'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.