david
alison
A Legacy of Light and Shadow: The Artistry of David Alison In the quiet transition between the late Victorian era and the dawn of the twentieth century, a distinctive voice emerged from the heart of Scotland to grace the British art landscape. David Alison (1882–1955) …
A portrait built from david alison's own colours
Every 49 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.
