John
F. Peto
John Frederick Peto: A Rediscovered Master of American Trompe l'oeilBorn: Philadelphia, United States of America (1854)Died: 1907John Frederick Peto was an American artist renowned for his mastery of *trompe l'oeil* painting – a technique that aims to deceive the viewer into believing that painted objects …
A portrait built from John F. Peto's own colours
Every 100 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.