Ján
Ilavský
The Life and Career of Ján Ilavský Born on December 15, 1924, in Spišské Vlachy, Slovakia, Ján Ilavský developed a versatile practice that spanned the disciplines of painting, illustration, and graphic art. His career was defined by a steady engagement with both the intimate scale …
A portrait built from Ján Ilavský's own colours
Every 18 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.