Albert
Lang
The Architect of Light and Shadow The path of Albert Lang did not begin with the brush, but with the precise, structured lines of architecture. Born in 1847, he first sought to understand the world through the rigid geometry of buildings, studying in his home …
A portrait built from Albert Lang's own colours
Every 43 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.