Alexander
van Maasdijk
Early Life, Family and Training Alexander van Maasdijk enters the scene in Brussels on 1 October 1856. He is born into a household defined by the ministry; his father, Henricus (Henri) van Maasdijk, serves as a preacher. This domestic stability shifts in 1873 when Henricus …
A portrait built from Alexander van Maasdijk'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.