Joseph
Cornell
A World Within Worlds: The Enigmatic Art of Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell, born on Christmas Eve in 1903 in Nyack, New York, remains one of the most singular and profoundly affecting figures in American art. His life was a study in contrasts – a deeply …
A portrait built from Joseph Cornell's own colours
Every 100 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.
