Vasily
Grigoryevich Perov
A Life Etched in Realism: Vasily Perov and the Soul of Russia Vasily Grigoryevich Perov, born Vasily Vasiliev in 1834 in the remote Siberian town of Tobolsk, emerged as a pivotal figure in Russian art, a painter whose work became synonymous with critical realism. His …
A portrait built from Vasily Grigoryevich Perov'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.
