William
James Glackens
Early Life, Family and Training Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1870, William James Glackens entered a world shaped by the steady industry of his parents, Elizabeth Finn Glackens and Samuel Glackens, a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Artistic inclination ran through the family; his older …
A portrait built from William James Glackens's own colours
Every 100 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.