The Masters · Chromatic Profile

Claude
Tousignant

1932 · Modern

The Evolution of Geometric Abstraction Born in Montreal, Quebec, Claude Tousignant emerged as a significant figure in the development of geometric abstraction in Canada. His artistic journey began with formal studies at the School of Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, …

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Claude Tousignant
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Claude Tousignant's own colours

Every 12 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.

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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.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers