hugo
brehme
early life and career hugo brehme, a german-born photographer, left an indelible mark on the world of photography. born in 1882, brehme's life was marked by his passion for capturing the essence of mexico, a country he later came to adopt as his own. photographic …
A portrait built from hugo brehme'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.
