Claude
Parent
A Maverick of the Oblique: The Revolutionary Vision of Claude Parent Claude Parent, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, in 1923 and passing away in 2016, was not merely an architect; he was a philosophical provocateur who fundamentally challenged the very foundations of Modernist architectural thought. He …
A portrait built from Claude Parent's own colours
Every 17 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.
