Jan
Toorop
A Tapestry of East and West: The Visionary World of Jan Toorop Johannes Theodorus Toorop, known to the world as Jan Toorop, was an artist whose soul seemed to exist in the delicate space between continents. Born in 1858 in Purworejo, on the lush island …
A portrait built from Jan Toorop's own colours
Every 2 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.
