chen
peiqiu
early life and education chen peiqiu, a renowned chinese guohua painter, was born in 1922 in nanyang, henan province. during the second sino-japanese war, her family took refuge in kunming, yunnan province. chen's early life was marked by her mother's artistic influence, but she initially …
A portrait built from chen peiqiu's own colours
Every 17 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.
