Alexandre
Charpentier
The Architect of the Everyday To look at the work of Alexandre Charpentier is to see a deliberate attempt to dismantle the wall between fine art and functional objects. He was not merely a sculptor or a cabinet-maker; he was a practitioner of what he …
A portrait built from Alexandre Charpentier's own colours
Every 1 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.