charles
seliger
early life and career charles seliger, a prominent american abstract expressionist painter, was born on june 3, 1926, in manhattan. his artistic journey began at the young age of 19 when he was included in howard putzel’s groundbreaking exhibition a problem for critics at the …
A portrait built from charles seliger's own colours
Every 13 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.