Edgar
Degas
A Life Immersed in MovementBorn Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris, 1834, Edgar Degas was an artist of fascinating contradictions. While often grouped with the Impressionists—Monet, Renoir, and others who revolutionized painting in the late 19th century—he actively resisted that label, identifying instead as a realist. …
A portrait built from Edgar Degas's own colours
Every 100 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.
