oluf
høst
early life and artistic influences oluf høst, a prominent danish expressionist painter, was born on march 18, 1884, in svaneke, bornholm. his artistic journey began with studies at the academy of fine arts in copenhagen from 1906 to 1915. it was during this period that …
A portrait built from oluf høst's own colours
Every 6 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.
