Emiliano
Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Melo
A Brazilian Modernist’s Quest for National Identity Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Melo, known to the art world as Di Cavalcanti, was a pivotal figure in the shaping of modern Brazilian art. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1897, his life and artistic journey were …
A portrait built from Emiliano Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Melo's own colours
Every 27 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.
