david
oyens
The Soul of the Lowlands: The Life and Art of David Ooyens In the tapestry of nineteenth-century Dutch art, few threads are as intricately woven as those belonging to David Ooyens. Born in Amsterdam in 1842, Ooyens was part of a remarkable duo of identical …
A portrait built from david oyens's own colours
Every 10 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.
