Artur
Grottger
Early Life and Education Born: November 11, 1837, in Otynevychi, Ukraine Died: December 13, 1867, in Amélie-les-Bains, France His father, Jan Józef Grottger, was a Polish officer and amateur artist. Received initial drawing lessons from his father. Studied under Jan Kanty Maszkowski in Lviv (1849). …
A portrait built from Artur Grottger's own colours
Every 34 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.