Marie-Henri
Beyle
The Architect of the Human Soul While history often remembers him through the lens of literature, Marie-Henri Beyle was not a visual artist, but a profound French writer whose pen carved out the psychological landscapes of an era. Writing under the celebrated pseudonym Stendhal, he …
A portrait built from Marie-Henri Beyle's own colours
Every 6 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.
