josé
tagarro
early life and artistic beginnings josé tagarro, a prominent figure in the second generation of modernist portuguese painters, was born in cartaxo, portugal, in 1902. his life may have been cut short at the age of 29, but his impact on the portuguese art scene …
A portrait built from josé tagarro'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.
