auguste
xavier leprince
A Brief but Brilliant Flame: The Life and Art of Auguste-Xavier Leprince Auguste-Xavier Leprince, a name that resonates with the promise of a prodigious talent cut tragically short, emerged as a significant figure in early 19th-century French painting. Born in Paris in 1799, his artistic …
A portrait built from auguste xavier leprince's own colours
Every 25 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.
