auguste
clésinger
Auguste Clésinger: Life and Legacy Early Life and Training Born: October 22, 1814, in Besançon, France. Auguste Clésinger came from an artistic family; his father, Georges-Philippe Clésinger, was a sculptor who provided Auguste with his initial training. This early exposure instilled in him a foundational …
A portrait built from auguste clésinger's own colours
Every 6 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.
