sadamasa
motonaga
Sadamasa Motonaga: A Dance of Form and Feeling Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011) wasn’t merely an artist; he was a conjurer of atmosphere, a sculptor of light and water, and a provocateur who dared to challenge the rigid boundaries of postwar Japanese art. Born in Iga Ueno, …
A portrait built from sadamasa motonaga's own colours
Every 2 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.