Oscar
Howe
The Soul of the Plains: The Visionary Journey of Oscar Howe Born into the quiet strength of the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in 1915, Oscar Howe—known in his native Yanktonai Nakota tongue as Mazuha Hokshina or "Trader Boy"—carried within him a visual language far older …
A portrait built from Oscar Howe's own colours
Every 8 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.