Richard
Gerstl
Richard Gerstl: A Tragic Pioneer of Expressionism Born: Vienna, Austria (1883) Died: Vienna, Austria (1908) Richard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman whose brief but intense career placed him at the forefront of early Expressionism. Despite achieving little recognition during his lifetime, he is …
A portrait built from Richard Gerstl's own colours
Every 64 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.
