Rex
Whistler
The Illusionist of the Inter-war Years To look at the work of Rex Whistler is to confront a deliberate deception. He did not merely paint; he constructed visual traps designed to trick the eye into forgetting the flat surface of a wall or canvas. This …
A portrait built from Rex Whistler's own colours
Every 9 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.