William
Nicholson
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, født i Newark-on-Trent i 1872, steg opp fra en bakgrunn som blandet industriell prakt med kunstnerisk sans. Hans far, en vellykket ingeniør og konservativt parlamentsmedlem, la vekt på disiplin, mens hans mors slekt var knyttet …
A portrait built from William Nicholson's own colours
Every 91 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.
