jacques
mahé de la villeglé
early life and career jacques mahé de la villeglé, a french mixed-media artist, was born on march 27, 1926. his artistic journey began in 1947, in saint-malo, where he collected found objects like steel wires and bricks from the atlantic retaining wall. this marked the …
A portrait built from jacques mahé de la villeglé's own colours
Every 2 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.
