Maria
Wiik
A Visionary of the Finnish Golden Age Born in the heart of Helsinki in 1853, Maria Catharina Wiik emerged as a luminous figure within the vibrant tapestry of the Finnish Golden Age of art. The daughter of an esteemed architect, her upbringing in Brunnsparken provided …
A portrait built from Maria Wiik's own colours
Every 81 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.