Emily
Coonan
A Visionary of Light and Form: The Life of Emily Coonan In the vibrant, evolving landscape of early twentieth-century Canadian art, few figures possess the quiet, transformative power of Emily Geraldine Coonan. Born in 1885 within the working-class enclave of Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montreal, Coonan emerged not …
A portrait built from Emily Coonan'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.
