Auguste
Truphème
Early Life, Family and Training Auguste Truphème was born on January 23, 1836, in Aix-en-Provence, France. He grew up in a household where art was a tangible presence, being the younger brother of the sculptor François Truphème. While his brother worked in stone and bronze, …
A portrait built from Auguste Truphème'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.