Firma
Margarete Steiff
The Architect of Softness Margarete Steiff was not a painter or a sculptor, but a seamstress who transformed a physical limitation into a commercial empire. Born in Giengen an der Brenz, Germany, her life was shaped by the onset of poliomyelitis at just one year …
A portrait built from Firma Margarete Steiff'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.