Louis-Gabriel
Moreau dit l'aîné
Louis-Gabriel Moreau (l'aîné): A Life Dedicated to French Landscape Born: Paris, France, 1740 Died: 1806 Louis-Gabriel Moreau (often referred to as l’aîné, meaning "the elder" to distinguish him from his younger brother, Jean-Michel Moreau) was a significant French painter and engraver of the 18th century. …
A portrait built from Louis-Gabriel Moreau dit l'aîné's own colours
Every 2 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.