joachim
friess
A Life Shrouded in Mystery: Joachim Friess and the Automata of Augsburg The name Joachim Friess resonates today not through canvases ablaze with color, but through the intricate mechanics of silver and gold. Born around 1579 in Augsburg, a city renowned for its craftsmanship during …
A portrait built from joachim friess'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.