Carlos
Schwabe
A Life Steeped in Symbolism Carlos Schwabe, born Émile Martin Charles Schwabe in Altona, Germany, in 1866, was a pivotal figure in the late 19th and early 20th-century art world. His journey from his birthplace to Geneva, Switzerland – where he embraced Swiss citizenship – …
A portrait built from Carlos Schwabe's own colours
Every 20 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.
