George
Barret Sr.
George Barret Sr.: Life & Legacy George Barret Sr., born between 1728 and 1732 in Libertyville, Ireland – the son of a cloth merchant – stands as a pivotal figure in the history of British landscape painting. His artistic journey began humbly, apprenticed initially as …
A portrait built from George Barret Sr.'s own colours
Every 23 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.
