Henry
Raeburn Dobson
Henry Raeburn Dobson: A Scottish Portraitist Rooted in Genre Tradition Henry Raeburn Dobson (1901-1985) emerged from a family steeped in artistic heritage—a lineage tracing back to Kirkcudbright, Scotland and marked by wool merchants and itinerant painters. Born into modest circumstances, Dobson’s father, Henry John Dobson …
A portrait built from Henry Raeburn Dobson's own colours
Every 67 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.