wolfgang
tümpel
The Essence of Form: The Life and Legacy of Wolfgang Tümpel In the grand tapestry of German Modernism, few threads are as finely woven or as structurally sound as those left by Wolfgang Tümpel. Born in 1903 in Bielefeld, Germany, Tümpel emerged from a period …
A portrait built from wolfgang tümpel'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.