Gabriel
von Max
Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max: A Visionary of Mysticism and Anthropology Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (1840-1915) was a profoundly singular figure in 19th-century Austrian art, an artist whose work defies easy categorization. Born in Prague to a sculptor father and a musician mother, his …
A portrait built from Gabriel von Max's own colours
Every 65 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.