John
Martin
John Martin: Een Meester van het Melodramatische Romantisme John Martin (1789-1854) was een gevierd Engelse romantische schilder, graveur en illustrator wiens dramatische composities het Victoriaanse publiek volledig in hun greep hielden. Geboren op 19 juli 1789 in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, klom hij op uit bescheiden …
A portrait built from John Martin's own colours
Every 49 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.
