yang
yisun
A Life Etched in Ink: The World of Yang Yisun Yang Yisun (1813-1881), a name perhaps unfamiliar to many outside the circles of dedicated Chinese art scholars, represents a pinnacle of achievement within the tradition of *seal script calligraphy*. He wasn’t merely a calligrapher; he …
A portrait built from yang yisun'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.