claude
charles saunier
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Joseph, Baron Ducreux, a name now synonymous with unconventional portraiture, emerged from the Lorraine region of France in 1735. His early life remains somewhat shrouded in mystery, though it’s believed he received his initial artistic training under his own father, …
A portrait built from claude charles saunier's own colours
Every 1 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.
