james
madison alden
James Madison Alden: Chronicler of the American West James Madison Alden, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834 and passing away in 1922, stands as a remarkably significant figure within the history of American landscape painting. More than simply a painter of picturesque vistas, Alden served …
A portrait built from james madison alden's own colours
Every 32 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.
