jacques
villon
The Architect of Geometric Light: The Life and Legacy of Jacques Villon Jacques Villon, born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp, was far more than a mere participant in the avant-garde; he was a foundational architect of modern visual language. Born in 1875 in the quiet …
A portrait built from jacques villon's own colours
Every 10 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.
