George
Catlin
Early Life and the Call of the Frontier George Catlin, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1796, was destined for a life profoundly shaped by the frontier—a world both alluring and perilous, vividly etched into his memory through the tales spun by his mother, Polly Sutton. …
A portrait built from George Catlin's own colours
Every 100 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.
