Alexander
Ignatius Roche
Alexander Ignatius Roche: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born: 1863, Gallowgate, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Roche was the son of Alexander Roche, a milliner. He attended St Mungo's Academy in Bridgeton, Glasgow. Initially pursuing architecture, he transitioned to art, studying at the Glasgow …
A portrait built from Alexander Ignatius Roche's own colours
Every 10 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.