wilhelm
busch
heinrich christian wilhelm busch was a german humorist, poet, illustrator and painter. he published comic illustrated cautionary tales from 1859, achieving his most notable works in the 1870s. busch's illustrations used wood engraving, and later, zincography.busch drew on contemporary parochial and city life, satirizing catholicism, …
A portrait built from wilhelm busch's own colours
Every 1 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.
