Carl
Gustaf Pilo
A Life Painted in Light and Shadow The story of Carl Gustaf Pilo is one of remarkable movement, a journey that mirrored the shifting artistic tides of the eighteenth century. Born in 1711 on the farm Göksäter near Nyköping, Sweden, Pilo emerged from humble beginnings …
A portrait built from Carl Gustaf Pilo's own colours
Every 39 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.