percy
shakespeare
The Soul of the Interwar Years: The Life and Art of Percy Shakespeare Percy Shakespeare (1906–1943) remains one of the most poignant figures in British art, a painter whose life and work were inextricably linked to the turbulent atmosphere of the early twentieth century. Born …
A portrait built from percy shakespeare's own colours
Every 17 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.
