john
elder, john a. elder, j. a. elder
John Elder (1833 – 1895): A Visionary Landscape Painter of Virginia John Elder, also known as John Adams Elder or J.A. Elder, was a prolific American painter born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1833. His artistic journey began amidst the burgeoning landscape movement of the mid-nineteenth …
A portrait built from john elder, john a. elder, j. a. elder's own colours
Every 4 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.