Vilhelm
Christian Hammershøi
life and work vilhelm christian hammershøi, a danish painter, was born in copenhagen, denmark in 1864 and passed away in 1916. he is renowned for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors, which continue to captivate art enthusiasts worldwide. artistic style and influences hammershøi's work is …
A portrait built from Vilhelm Christian Hammershøi's own colours
Every 7 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.