Anton
Graff
A Life Etched in Likeness: The World of Anton Graff Anton Graff, born in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1736, emerged as one of the most celebrated portraitists of his era—a period defined by the Enlightenment’s intellectual fervor and the burgeoning Neoclassical aesthetic. His story is not …
A portrait built from Anton Graff's own colours
Every 18 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.
