August
Sander
A Mirror to a Nation: The Life and Legacy of August Sander August Sander, born in 1876 in the small Swiss village of Herdorf, wasn’t destined for artistic renown in the conventional sense. His origins lay firmly rooted in the working class—his father a carpenter …
A portrait built from August Sander's own colours
Every 11 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.
