raoul
de longpre
The Poet of Roses: The Lyrical World of Raoul de Longpre Raoul de Longpre (1859-1911) stands as one of the most evocative figures in the history of French botanical art, a painter whose work transcends mere scientific documentation to reach the realm of pure emotion. …
A portrait built from raoul de longpre's own colours
Every 40 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.
