Lourens
Alma Tadema
Early Life and Artistic Training Lourens Alma Tadema, later Lawrence Alma Tadema, was born in Dronryp, Friesland, Netherlands, on January 8, 1836. His father, Pieter Jiltes Tadema, a village notary, had three sons by his first marriage, and his mother, Hinke Dirks Brouwer, was the …
A portrait built from Lourens Alma Tadema's own colours
Every 100 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.