Léon
Larue
Early Life, Family and Training Born in Nancy in 1785, Léon Larue entered a world where the fine details of portraiture were a family tradition. He was the son of Jacques Larue, a man who had already established himself within the specialized realm of miniature …
A portrait built from Léon Larue'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.