Irma
Stern
A Life Defined by Movement and Color The story of Irma Stern is one of profound movement, a life lived between the vibrant landscapes of South Africa and the avant-garde studios of Germany. Born in 1894 in the small Transvaal town of Schweizer-Reneke to German-Jewish …
A portrait built from Irma Stern'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.
