Arnold
Böcklin
Early Life and Training Arnold Böcklin, a Swiss symbolist painter, was born on October 16, 1827, in Basel, Switzerland. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin, descended from an old family of Schaffhausen and engaged in the silk trade. Arnold’s mother, Ursula Lippe, was a native of …
A portrait built from Arnold Böcklin's own colours
Every 82 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
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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.
