Roger
Fenton
Roger Fenton: Pioneer of War Photography Roger Fenton (1819–1869) stands as a monumental figure in the annals of photography and Victorian art, recognized unequivocally as one of the earliest practitioners to document conflict on a grand scale. Born into a prosperous Lancashire merchant family—his grandfather …
A portrait built from Roger Fenton's own colours
Every 2 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.
