françois
bonvin
The Quiet Observer: The Life and Legacy of François Bonvin In the bustling, transformative landscape of nineteenth-century Paris, where the shadows of the Industrial Revolution began to lengthen over the city's cobblestone streets, there existed a painter who found profound beauty in the most unassuming …
A portrait built from françois bonvin's own colours
Every 39 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.
