joseph
pujol
The Fartiste: Joseph Pujol and the Absurdity of Performance Joseph Pujol, a name perhaps initially met with bewilderment, deserves recognition as a truly unique figure in 19th-century entertainment. Born in Marseille in 1857, he wasn’t a painter or sculptor, but a performer who weaponized his …
A portrait built from joseph pujol'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.
