joseph
de martini
Joseph de Martini: A San Francisco Visionary of Pin-Up Art Born in 1927 amidst the vibrant, yet challenging, landscape of San Francisco’s Castro District, Joseph F. DeMartini’s life was profoundly shaped by early adversity and a burgeoning artistic spirit. His childhood, marked by polio starting …
A portrait built from joseph de martini's own colours
Every 4 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.
