marinus
van der maarel
A Quiet Observer of Dutch Life: The World of Marinus van der Maarel Marinus van der Maarel, born in 1857 in the heart of The Hague, Netherlands, was a painter deeply rooted in the traditions of his homeland. He wasn’t an artist who sought revolutionary …
A portrait built from marinus van der maarel'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.
