The Masters · Chromatic Profile
Christian
Eggen
1859
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1927
· 19th Century
A Life Shaped by Wood and Oil Before he ever held a brush to canvas, Christian Eggen knew the honest weight of timber and the precision of tools. Born in Trondheim, he was a trained carpenter, a craft that perhaps instilled in him the disciplined …
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The Palette Genome
A portrait built from Christian Eggen's own colours
Every 6 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.
← Cool · Shadow
Warm · Earth
Gold · Light →
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot
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.
Reading the Genome
The signature, in numbers
The Source Works
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.