charles
étienne gaucher
early life and training charles étienne gaucher, a french artist, was born in 1740 and passed away in 1805. his life was marked by an innate passion for art, which led him to pursue a career in painting. gaucher's early training is not well-documented, but …
A portrait built from charles étienne gaucher's own colours
Every 1 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.
