obadiah
short
Obadiah Short – A Quiet Observer of Norfolk’s Landscape Obadiah Short (1803-1886) remains a somewhat enigmatic figure within the Norwich School, a collective of British landscape painters who flourished in Norfolk during the Victorian era. Unlike his contemporaries like James Stark and John Crome—whose canvases …
A portrait built from obadiah short's own colours
Every 8 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
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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.
