John
Lewis Womersley
The Architect of a New Social Order In the wake of a world transformed by conflict, John Lewis Womersley emerged not merely as a builder of structures, but as a sculptor of society. Born in Sheffield in 1909, his early intellectual journey—from the technical foundations …
A portrait built from John Lewis Womersley's own colours
Every 1 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.
