David
Gauld
The Visionary of Glasgow: The Life and Art of David Gauld In the vibrant, shifting landscape of late nineteenth-century Scotland, few artists captured the intersection of tradition and modernity as gracefully as David Gauld. Born in Glasgow in 1865, Gauld emerged not merely as a …
A portrait built from David Gauld's own colours
Every 35 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.
