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The Visionary Spirit of Liu Haisu In the grand tapestry of twentieth-century Chinese art, few threads shine as brightly or as provocatively as those woven by Liu Haisu. Born Pan Jifang in 1896, this transformative figure emerged from the Jiangsu Province not merely as a …
A portrait built from liu haisu'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.