gu
k'ai-chih
Gu K’ai-chih: A Pioneer of Chinese Figure Painting Gu K’ai-chih, also known as Gu Kaizhi, stands as a monumental figure in the history of Chinese art, particularly renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to figure painting during the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420). Born in Wuxi around …
A portrait built from gu k'ai-chih's own colours
Every 1 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.
