willem
bastiaan tholen
Willem Bastiaan Tholen: A Life in Dutch Light Early Life and Education Born: Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 13, 1860. Tholen’s family moved to Kampen when he was five years old, a location that would heavily influence his early artistic subjects. He formed a close friendship …
A portrait built from willem bastiaan tholen's own colours
Every 60 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.