William
James Hubard
The Scissors Artist: The Extraordinary Life of William James Hubard In the flickering candlelight of the early nineteenth century, a new kind of magic was unfolding in the galleries of Boston and London—a magic born not from a brush, but from the sharp, decisive edge …
A portrait built from William James Hubard's own colours
Every 1 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.
