Augustus
Edwin John
A Welsh Bohemian: The Life and Art of Augustus Edwin John Augustus Edwin John, a name synonymous with vibrant color and intensely personal portraits, emerged as one of the most distinctive figures in early 20th-century British art. Born on January 4, 1878, in Tenby, a …
A portrait built from Augustus Edwin John's own colours
Every 56 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.
