Mario
Botta
Mario Botta: Sculpting Stone and Embracing Pattern Mario Botta, born April 1st, 1943, in Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland, represents a singular voice within Swiss architecture—a figure deeply rooted in tradition yet relentlessly driven by innovation. Rejecting formal academic training at fifteen, he embarked on an apprenticeship …
A portrait built from Mario Botta's own colours
Every 2 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.
