Lucian
Freud
A Life Forged in Realism: The World of Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud, born in Berlin in 1922, carried a lineage steeped in intellectual weight—the grandson of the pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Yet, young Lucian’s path diverged from exploring the subconscious through theory, instead finding …
A portrait built from Lucian Freud's own colours
Every 47 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.
