robert
tatin
Robert Tatin: A Surrealist Vision of the Rural and the Primitive Born in Laval, Mayenne, in 1902, Robert Tatin’s life was a remarkable confluence of seemingly disparate passions – construction, carpentry, ceramics, painting, sculpture, and architecture. He wasn't merely an artist; he was a builder …
A portrait built from robert tatin's own colours
Every 88 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.