George
Clair Tooker
A Life Immersed in the Real and the Dreamlike George Clair Tooker Jr., a name perhaps less instantly recognizable than some of his contemporaries, nevertheless occupies a vital space within 20th-century American figurative painting. Born in Brooklyn in 1920, and passing away in 2011, Tooker’s …
A portrait built from George Clair Tooker's own colours
Every 4 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.