Bertha
van Hasselt
A Life of Colour and Conviction In the quiet streets of Zwolle, where she first entered the world in 1878, Bernardina Johanna Roberta van Hasselt began a life that would eventually defy the narrow expectations placed upon women of her era. She did not merely …
A portrait built from Bertha van Hasselt's own colours
Every 3 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.