Bartus
Korteling
The Legacy of the Smedenstraat In the narrow streets of Deventer, where the scent of pigment and oil once lingered in the air, the Korteling name was woven into the very fabric of the city's creative life. Born in 1853, Bartus Korteling emerged from a …
A portrait built from Bartus Korteling's own colours
Every 10 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.