Carolus-Duran
Carolus-Duran: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Born: Charles Auguste Émile Durand on July 4, 1837, in Lille, France. His early artistic training began with lessons from local sculptor Augustin-Phidias Cadet de Beaupré at the Académie de Lille. He furthered his education under François …
A portrait built from Carolus-Duran's own colours
Every 100 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.