Lionel
Percy Smythe
Lionel Percy Smythe: A Biography Born: September 4, 1839, London, United Kingdom Died: July 1918 Nationality: British Artistic Movement: Idyllists Early Life and Family Lionel Percy Smythe was born the illegitimate son of Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, the 6th Viscount Strangford, and Katherine Benham (later …
A portrait built from Lionel Percy Smythe's own colours
Every 14 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.