chen
qikuan
early life and education chen qikuan, a renowned taiwanese artist, architect, and educator, was born in 1921 in beijing, china. his artistic journey began with studying architecture at national central university in chongqing, followed by further studies at the university of illinois, which significantly influenced …
A portrait built from chen qikuan's own colours
Every 4 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.
