Peggy
Bacon
A Life Etched in Wit: The World of Peggy Bacon Peggy Bacon, born Margaret Frances Bacon in 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, was a uniquely perceptive observer of American life, translating her observations into a body of work celebrated for its satirical edge and technical brilliance. …
A portrait built from Peggy Bacon's own colours
Every 11 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.
