dorofield
hardy
A Chronicler of Victorian Domesticity: The Life and Art of Dorofield Hardy Frederick Daniel Hardy, known professionally as Dorofield Hardy, occupies a unique and charming niche in the pantheon of 19th-century British genre painters. Born in London in 1853, his life unfolded against the backdrop …
A portrait built from dorofield hardy'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.
