Cecil
van Haanen
The Luminous Legacy of Cecil van Haanen Born amidst the cultural richness of Vienna in 1844, Cecil van Haanen emerged as a painter whose life and brushwork were defined by a nomadic pursuit of light and human narrative. Though his roots were deeply embedded in …
A portrait built from Cecil van Haanen's own colours
Every 5 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.