Carl
Schøyen
A Life Captured in Brief The short life of Carl Schøyen remains etched in the quiet landscapes of Norway, where he sought to translate the natural world onto canvas. Born in 1848, his time as a painter was tragically brief, ending in 1875 before he …
A portrait built from Carl Schøyen's own colours
Every 2 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.