Arnaud
Maggs
Arnaud Maggs (1926–2012): The Grid and Beyond Arnaud Maggs (May 5, 1926 – November 17, 2012) was a Canadian artist and photographer whose distinctive approach to portraiture—characterized by meticulously arranged grid compositions—established him as a pivotal figure in conceptual art and fine photography. Born in …
A portrait built from Arnaud Maggs's own colours
Every 1 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.
