german
de mello
Early Life and Influences Born: São Paulo, Brazil (1922) Died: 2021 Initially studied accounting at Liceu Acadêmico de São Paulo. Started his own accounting business in 1952 before dedicating himself to photography. Joined Foto Cinema Clube Bandeirante in 1959, a pivotal group for Brazilian photographers …
A portrait built from german de mello's own colours
Every 11 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.
