François
Anne David
The Chronicler of an Empire The brushstrokes of François Anne David capture a France in the throes of profound transformation. Working through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, his life spans the volatile transition from the old order to the rise of the Napoleonic …
A portrait built from François Anne David's own colours
Every 3 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.