William
Louis Sonntag
William Louis Sonntag: Bridging Romanticism and Italian Light William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900) stands as a significant, if often overlooked, figure within the Hudson River School of American landscape painting. Born in East Liberty, Pennsylvania—a small settlement near Pittsburgh—Sonntag’s artistic journey began not with formal training …
A portrait built from William Louis Sonntag's own colours
Every 40 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.
