Eugène
Hamel
A Life Shaped by the Academy Born in Quebec City on October 10, 1845, Joseph-Eugène-Arthur Hamel entered a world of commerce as the son of a prosperous merchant. His early years were defined by a disciplined pursuit of draftsmanship, beginning with an apprenticeship under his …
A portrait built from Eugène Hamel's own colours
Every 2 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.