john
gillespie (active 1841-1849)
John Gillespie (1841-1849): A Toronto Landscape Pioneer John Gillespie, a Canadian artist active primarily between 1841 and 1849, remains an enigmatic figure in the annals of Victorian landscape painting. Despite limited biographical information surviving from his lifetime, his singular contribution – namely ‘View of King …
A portrait built from john gillespie (active 1841-1849)'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.
