Jacob
Calmeyer
A Life Shaped by the Academy Jacob Mathias Calmeyer emerged from Fredrikshald in 1802, a period when the foundations of Norwegian art were being quietly laid. His path toward the brush began in 1819, joining the very first class of students at the newly established …
A portrait built from Jacob Calmeyer's own colours
Every 8 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.