Philip
Wilson Steer
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Philip Wilson Steer, born in Birkenhead in 1860, emerged from a family deeply rooted in the artistic world—his father was both a portrait painter and a dedicated art teacher. This early exposure proved formative, nurturing a sensibility that would define …
A portrait built from Philip Wilson Steer's own colours
Every 37 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.
