Richard
Diebenkorn
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Richard Diebenkorn, born in Portland, Oregon, in 1922, embarked on a journey that would establish him as one of the most significant American painters of the postwar era. His family’s relocation to San Francisco when he was just two years …
A portrait built from Richard Diebenkorn'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.