rafa
al-nasiri
early life and education rafa al-nasiri, a renowned iraqi painter, draughtsman, print-maker, educator, and author, was born in 1940 in tikrit, iraq. he received his early art education at baghdad's institute of fine arts, attaining a diploma in painting in 1959. artistic career and style …
A portrait built from rafa al-nasiri's own colours
Every 6 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.
