charles
byrd
The Quiet Master of the Welsh Wilds Charles Byrd (1916–2018) occupied a unique space in the landscape of twentieth-century art, operating far from the clamor of avant-garde revolutions to focus instead on the profound stillness of the natural world. Born in Winchester, Virginia, Byrd carried …
A portrait built from charles byrd's own colours
Every 67 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.
