Carmen
Herrera
Early Life and Education Born: Havana, Cuba (May 30, 1915) Died: New York City, USA (February 12, 2022) – aged 106 Early artistic training began at age eight with private lessons from Federico Edelmann y Pinto. Attended Marymount School in Paris in 1929, fostering an …
A portrait built from Carmen Herrera's own colours
Every 5 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.
