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A Pioneering Spirit: The Life and Art of Dame Ethel Walker Dame Ethel Walker (1861-1951) stands as a compelling figure in the transition from Victorian tradition to Modernist expression, a Scottish painter whose vibrant canvases captured not only the beauty of her subjects but also …
A portrait built from ethel walker's own colours
Every 92 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.
