tanaka
yasushi
Yasushi Tanaka: A Life in Art Yasushi Tanaka (田中保; 13 May 1886 – 24 April 1941) was a Japanese-born artist and art teacher, best known for his evocative portraits of women and figurative works. His life story is one of cross-cultural exchange and artistic dedication, …
A portrait built from tanaka yasushi'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.
