The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Per
Wilhelm Cedergren

1823 — 1896 · 19th Century

The Maritime Soul of Sweden: The Life of Per Wilhelm Cedergren To understand the essence of 19th-century Swedish maritime life, one must look through the eyes of Per Wilhelm Cedergren. Born in Stockholm in 1823, Cedergren’s connection to the sea was not merely a professional …

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Per Wilhelm Cedergren
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Per Wilhelm Cedergren's own colours

Every 8 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.

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Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers