Charles
Webster Hawthorne
A Luminist of the New England Coast Charles Webster Hawthorne, born in Lodi, Illinois, in 1872, stands as a pivotal figure in American art during a period defined by transition and burgeoning national identity. Though his earliest years unfolded inland, it was the rugged, windswept …
A portrait built from Charles Webster Hawthorne's own colours
Every 20 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.
