charles
paul renouard
early life and training charles paul renouard, a french artist, was born on november 5, 1845, in cour-cheverny, loir-et-cher. at the age of fourteen, he moved to paris to work as a house painter. in 1868, he entered the studio of isidore pils at the …
A portrait built from charles paul renouard's own colours
Every 2 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.
