August
Eisenmenger
A Life in Vienna Born in Vienna on 11 February 1830, August Eisenmenger entered the world of art with early promise. By the age of fifteen, he was already navigating the halls of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where his talent for drawing earned …
A portrait built from August Eisenmenger's own colours
Every 4 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.