Ivan
Yakovlevich Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born: 1876 in Tarkhovka, a suburb of St. Petersburg, Russia. Ivan Bilibin demonstrated an early aptitude for art, nurtured by the vibrant cultural atmosphere of his surroundings. He initially studied law at the University …
A portrait built from Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin's own colours
Every 99 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.
