Li
Yishi
A Pioneer Bridging East and West: The Life and Art of Li Yishi Li Yishi (1886-1942) occupies a unique position in the history of Chinese art, a figure who dedicated his life to synthesizing Western painting techniques with traditional Chinese aesthetics. Born into a scholarly …
A portrait built from Li Yishi's own colours
Every 1 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.
