Samuel
Lancaster Gerry
Early Life and Artistic Training Samuel Lancaster Gerry entered the art world from a position of self-reliance. Born in Boston in 1813, he lacked the formal academic instruction typical of many of his contemporaries. Instead, he developed his technical skills through direct practice and observation. …
A portrait built from Samuel Lancaster Gerry'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.