William
Rimmer
A Troubled Inheritance: The Early Years of William Rimmer William Rimmer’s story begins not in the bustling studios of Boston, but amidst a swirling vortex of familial delusion and shadowed anxieties in Liverpool, England, circa 1816. Born into a family steeped in eccentricity – his …
A portrait built from William Rimmer's own colours
Every 17 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.