Joaquim
Bravo
Joaquim Bravo: A Pioneer of Geometric Abstraction Joaquim Bravo (1935 – 1990) emerged from Évora, Portugal, as a singular voice in the burgeoning Portuguese art scene of the 1960s. His artistic journey wasn’t marked by formal training but rather by an innate passion for literature …
A portrait built from Joaquim Bravo's own colours
Every 3 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.
