Jan
Linnell
John Linnell: A British Painter of Rural Scenes and Portraits John Linnell, a name perhaps less familiar than those of his Romantic contemporaries, nevertheless represents a significant figure in 19th-century British art. Born in Bloomsbury, London, in 1792, he embarked on an artistic journey shaped …
A portrait built from Jan Linnell's own colours
Every 34 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.
