Raphael
Soyer
The Soul of the City: The Life and Legacy of Raphael Soyer In the bustling, often indifferent landscape of twentieth-century New York, few artists captured the quiet, melancholic pulse of urban humanity as tenderly as Raphael Soyer. Born in 1899 in Borisoglebsk, Russia, Soyer’s journey …
A portrait built from Raphael Soyer's own colours
Every 20 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.
