Rufino
Tamayo
A Life Rooted in Mexico: The Early Years of Rufino Tamayo Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo, born in Oaxaca City, Mexico, in 1899, emerged as a pivotal figure in 20th-century Mexican art—a painter who dared to forge his own path amidst the fervent nationalism and …
A portrait built from Rufino Tamayo's own colours
Every 25 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.