John
Ottis Adams
Unohtettu amerikkalaisen impressionismin ääni John Ottis Adams, syntynyt rauhallisella Indiana-maaseudulla vuonna 1851, sijoittuu hieman arvoitukselliseen asemaan amerikkalaisten impressionistien kertomuksessa. Vaikka hän ei saavuttanut samaa laajaa tunnustusta kuin aikalaisensa, kuten T.C. Steele tai William Forsyth – joiden kanssa hän muodosti kuuluisan Hoosier Groupin ytimen – Adamsin …
A portrait built from John Ottis Adams's own colours
Every 66 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.
