alexandre
bida
The Lineage of Light and ShadowIn the storied annals of nineteenth-century French art, few names evoke the delicate marriage of precision and passion quite like Alexandre Bida. Born in the historic environs of Toulouse in 1813, Bida emerged not merely as a painter, but as …
A portrait built from alexandre bida'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.