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Auguste de Creuse: A Parisian Portraitist Caught Between Tradition and Innovation Auguste de Creuse (1806-1839), a French portrait painter born in Montrond, remains an enigmatic figure within the artistic landscape of his era. Though overshadowed by contemporaries like Gros and Ingres, Creuse’s distinctive style—characterized by …
A portrait built from creuse auguste de's own colours
Every 2 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.
