Mathilde
Smith
The Düsseldorf Influence The landscape of 19th-century Norwegian art finds a distinct voice in the works of Mathilde Smith. Born in Oslo in 1824, she began her formal training at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania under Johannes Flintoe. By 1850, her trajectory shifted toward …
A portrait built from Mathilde Smith's own colours
Every 2 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.