Max
Bill
Early Life and Education Born: Winterthur, Switzerland (1908) Died: 1994 Apprenticeship as a silversmith (1924-1927) Studies at the Bauhaus in Dessau (1927-1929) under Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Oskar Schlemmer. Moved to Zurich after Bauhaus studies. Artistic Development and Key Works Early work focused on …
A portrait built from Max Bill's own colours
Every 2 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.
