Samuel
Thomas Gill
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Samuel Thomas Gill, a name synonymous with the visual chronicle of 19th-century Australia, was born on May 21, 1818, in the quiet coastal village of Perriton, near Minehead in Somerset, England. The son of Reverend Samuel Gill, a Baptist minister, …
A portrait built from Samuel Thomas Gill's own colours
Every 20 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.
