peter
martensen
A World of Disquieting Ambiguity: The Art of Peter Martensen Peter Martensen, born in Odense, Denmark, on November 26th, 1953, is a contemporary painter and graphic artist whose work resonates with a uniquely unsettling beauty. His canvases are populated by human figures—often solitary or subtly …
A portrait built from peter martensen'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.
