Walker
Evans
A Witness to America: The Life and Legacy of Walker Evans Walker Evans, born in St. Louis in 1903, emerged as a pivotal figure in American photography, his name inextricably linked with the visual record of the Great Depression. Yet to define him solely by …
A portrait built from Walker Evans's own colours
Every 38 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.
